Single Tk Collar Tab

[Banzi64]

I had one of these from a jewish prisoner his daughter sold it to me after he passed on along with a tank medical kit box he kept it in. The backing on mine was thin and very stiff close weave material like burlap but closer weave and much thinner. This one's backing looks soft imo, but the skull is close.

[Luca Ongaro]

May I have more opinions from experts??

[Swiss-Man]

ähm.... sry but robin lumsden is your expert in skulls!

[RD Rygaard]

detail of collar tab

[RD Rygaard]

Hello guys:

I actually own the pic Robin posted.I thought Id add a better scan to show details of the tab.From what I see this looks very much like the tab being discussed. Happy holidays Rich

[Robin Lumsden]

Hello guys:

I actually own the pic Robin posted.I thought Id add a better scan to show details of the tab.From what I see this looks very much like the tab being discussed. Happy holidays Rich

Thanks Rich.
That's a much clearer photo of the TK.

[Luca Ongaro]

ähm.... sry but robin lumsden is your expert in skulls!

Thanks .... Robin do you think is a not goodone? I compare it to your photo and seems good..... but I ask you what do you think about it

[Mr.Jerry D]

I do not think think the tab shown is real. Too me it looks too wide, the eye holes to small, the nose the wrong and overall the embroidery doesn't have the same look. Also the backing material looks wrong, and no sew lines.

Keep in mind that these tabs were all machine made, so there is little or no variation between the different patterns (unlike hand done ones) so while the skull "sort of " looks "close" to the one in the picture, close examination reveals the differnces, as they say "the devil is in the details", and since it was obviouly patterned of this type of skull vs the pther 'known' patterns it will look close to it. But 'close' in SS cloth is not good enough.

Just my opinion.

[Robert H]

Whats all the talk about this skull collar tab about and what is to compare with the collar tab and the skull tab in the picture? The tab is not good.

[Robin Lumsden]

Thanks .... Robin do you think is a not goodone? I compare it to your photo and seems good..... but I ask you what do you think about it

Sorry - I thought I had said I did not like it either. I think your tab is a copy of the type shown in the wartime photo. The picture of the other tab posted earlier is the original type which your one is trying to copy. If you look closely, you can see the differences.

[Robin Lumsden]

Here's the skull again from Rich's photo.

[Robin Lumsden]

And here's an original of a very similar type, machine-embroidered on doeskin.

[Robin Lumsden]

This is a different type.

[Robin Lumsden]

This is by far the most common type - although I have never actually seen this type being worn in a wartime photo. Perhaps these were never issued but spent their war in storage bins.

[Robin Lumsden]

Here's one I now think is questionable. It's very well made though, so who knows. I've never seen another like it. It's embroidered on ribbed fabric.