SS Old Fighters Document

[PMan]

I wasn't sure if anyone had an official "Old Fighters Chevron" document, so I decided to post this. I was surprised to see that something like this existed. It says that the person was justified to wear the chevron.
Peter Manzie

[Robert H]

they existed thats is right

[Panzer Rob]

I wasn't sure if anyone had an official "Old Fighters Chevron" document, so I decided to post this. I was surprised to see that something like this existed. It says that the person was justified to wear the chevron.
Peter Manzie

Peter-

A very nice - and original - document.

Here is a picture of Wilhelm Sparwasser's SS-Unterführer-Ausweis. I have been trying to track down this Ausweis since I missed it on the estand about a year and a half ago (I will pay significantly for it!)

It's nice to see more from the Sparwasser grouping.

Rob

[Pitomnik]

I have fine group of documents with such document!

[Pitomnik]

[Pitomnik]

[Pitomnik]

And the main document of this theme certainly!

[Pitomnik]

Has got on front!

[Pitomnik]

Alten Kampfer !!! (Note - all with Gold Party badge )

[KM-NZ]

Nice collection Pitomnik ! :o

Mark

[DougO]

Very nice documents shown by all. Thanks for sharing them.
One question about these Old Fighter Chevrons... I have traditionally seen them on uniforms with a black backing. More recently I have seen a few on police officer and wss officer tunics with a GREEN backing. Did the ones with green backing exist or are they a fantasy item???
Doug

[tgn]

Of course they existed. There are also other "old fighter" chevrons for other brances of service.

Tom

[PMan]

Background color

Very nice documents shown by all. Thanks for sharing them.
One question about these Old Fighter Chevrons... I have traditionally seen them on uniforms with a black backing. More recently I have seen a few on police officer and wss officer tunics with a GREEN backing. Did the ones with green backing exist or are they a fantasy item???
Doug

Hi Doug,
I am not sure the exact role of the background color, I have seen woven version with a white background as well. I also have an allgemeine tunic that I acquired from a vet that just has the silver tresse or tape version sewn to a piece of black chevron shaped wool.
Regards, Peter Manzie

[DougO]

Tom and Pete,
Thanks for your answers. Let me try to be more specific. I have seen waffen ss tunics with the old fighters chevron on black (as one would expect) and I have recently seen a waffen ss tunic with one sewn on that had a green background. I have heard that the ones on green were for Police, but when I checked with Joe Wodka he informed me that the regulations called for the police to have it on black backing as well.
Thus my question, who was authorized to use this old fighters chevron on green?
Doug

[tgn]

Tom and Pete,
Thanks for your answers. Let me try to be more specific. I have seen waffen ss tunics with the old fighters chevron on black (as one would expect) and I have recently seen a waffen ss tunic with one sewn on that had a green background. I have heard that the ones on green were for Police, but when I checked with Joe Wodka he informed me that the regulations called for the police to have it on black backing as well.
Thus my question, who was authorized to use this old fighters chevron on green?
Doug

Anyone that was authorized to wear an old fighter chevron. They just matched the background color to the tunic color. Look, there are old fighter chevrons on party brown for wear on the NSDAP tunic, and even special ones for customs tunics, etc.

Tom