Just acquired this eagle and wanted some feedback. 
Thanks
JOHN
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JOHN
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well John, from the looks of it, it seems good to me!
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The eagle itself is original. The question is when the eagle was sewn on to the grey cloth.
One must notice its a tropical eagle "tan colored" sewn on to a continental uniform piece. They didnt use these eagles on field grey uniforms.
Its therefore possible that the eagle is post war applied to produce a hot looking uniform cut off.
Cheers,
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I agree- these bevo eagles sewn to wool uniform cloth are popping up everywhere. Tropical eagles were used on khaki tropical uniforms, not wool tunics. This is another way for them to gouge you for more money as a "combat cut-off"Originally posted by Felix
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Although the tropical eagle shown is authentic, I can't say anything about the cloth without seeing it, in this case the statement that tropical eagles were "only" used on tropical uniforms is not always true (no offense Jerry).Originally posted by ReichsHeini
These pictures are of the nicest, original, Waffen-SS wool tunics that I have ever owned. It never had a cufftitle but did have an "Old Fighters" chevron on the right sleeve and had a tropical eagle on the left. It also had one of the nicest aluminum thread officers runic tabs that I have ever seen. To top it off, the shoulder boards were made of wool silk.
Every collector must remember that you can never, "say never", in this field of collecting.
Regards,
ChuckLast edited by vonStubben; 01-01-2006, 03:57 PM.Comment
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Eagle stitching from inside of tunic sleeveLast edited by vonStubben; 01-01-2006, 03:56 PM.Comment
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Guys I do have to say I have photo evidence of Tropical sleeve eagles being used by mostly foreign volunteers(this would make sense as we see army eagles used as sleeve eagles.I seriously doubt at that stage in the war if the person applying the insignia would care about the color of an arm eagle!) mainly Latvian.About 10 yrs ago I owned a M44 tunic that had the tropical eagle applied.Machine stitched as well.After showing it to several "in the know" people I returned it for a refund...mainly it was condemned for the tropical adler. After seeing some of this stuff I now think it was the one who may have gotten away
Last edited by RD Rygaard; 10-16-2005, 11:04 AM.Comment
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heres the full photo.Guy on left had standard bevo cap & sleeve insignia.Guy in middle has officer flatwire insignia even though his is just an enlisted man.Guy on right has tan sleeve eagle & grey bevo cap insignia
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Hello,
Thanks for the pic RD it seems that my piece is very possible period done by using your foto. It came from a collector who in turn bought it from the vet. Been in a collection for 20 years. I feel better about my first piece of SS insignia. Thanks to all opinions on item.
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i totaly agree with this point.
i have had even a m44 with a tropical eagle witch where 100 % originel.
so for me there is no discusion about the use of the tropical insignes
regards johan
Originally posted by RD RygaardGuys I do have to say I have photo evidence of Tropical sleeve eagles being used by mostly foreign volunteers(this would make sense as we see army eagles used as sleeve eagles.I seriously doubt at that stage in the war if the person applying the insignia would care about the color of an arm eagle!) mainly Latvian.About 10 yrs ago I owned a M44 tunic that had the tropical eagle applied.Machine stitched as well.After showing it to several "in the know" people I returned it for a refund...mainly it was condemned for the tropical adler. After seeing some of this stuff I now think it was the one who may have gotten awayComment
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