SS Rank Tab Opinions?

[schönbeck]

SS Rank Tab Opinions? Passes UV and burn test. The metal parts has turned green on the reverse, usually happens on copper, so that might be the material on those. The black cloth is sorrounded by a silver-metal-thread. Else than that I have no clue.

[schönbeck]

reverse..

[Lassi]

reverse..

Looks like a nice moleskin type SS untersturmführer tab to me

But better wait for more opinions to be sure

Regards
Lars

[PMan]

Rank TAb

I don't have a good feeling about this one. The wear and age on the pips is unconsistant with the tab. The buckrum also seems out of place.
Peter

[schönbeck]

what wear? The pips still hast most of the white/silver color remaining. Copper turns green in moist enviroments. Every parts of the tab is in excellent condition with equal wear. What you see on the black parts is dust and filth. This material seems to attract other material-

[PMan]

Rank Tabs

what wear? The pips still hast most of the white/silver color remaining. Copper turns green in moist enviroments. Every parts of the tab is in excellent condition with equal wear. What you see on the black parts is dust and filth. This material seems to attract other material-

You could be right, just my opinion. The tab has some merit. Some of my rank tabs to compare.
Peter

[PMan]

Rank Tabs

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[Luca Ongaro]

Not as bad as menitionated, just my opinion.
Luca

[PMan]

Cloth

what wear? The pips still hast most of the white/silver color remaining. Copper turns green in moist enviroments. Every parts of the tab is in excellent condition with equal wear. What you see on the black parts is dust and filth. This material seems to attract other material-

The cloth looks like velvet..is it velvet?
Peter

[Gary Wood]

The cloth looks like velvet..is it velvet?
Peter

I agree with Peter, it does look like velvet to me also

[schönbeck]

I could be wrong be I think you are right as it beeing velvet.

What conclusion is to be made with that knowledge?

[Horrido!]

Well, if I'm not mistaken, velveteen tabs were most common pre and early war. However, any such type of material (moleskin, velveteen, wool, rayon, etc.) could have been, and was used throughout the entire war.

Alex

[Arran]

Really? I've never seen velvet used on less than a Standartenfuhrer's tabs...

[PMan]

Velvet

Really? I've never seen velvet used on less than a Standartenfuhrer's tabs...

Yes, it seemed to be reserved only for higher rank tabs.

[schönbeck]

there was a blank one with this one as well.
As you realize I want to be really sure before I throw them away.