WESTLAND RZM in 2 letter-styles ?

[C. Betz]

Cuff Title

I'm troubled by the upward tail on the bottom of the letter "t". While this occurs in hand embroidered fraktur on Allgemeine cuffs and some flatwire (see Ulric of Englands SS and Political Cuff Bands, 1st Edition, page 50) SS-VT & Waffen-SS cuffs of the same style, it does not readily present itself in RZM Latin script. However, the anomaly has been seen on various reproduction cuff titles (RZM Latin) originating in the 70s. Further, why the upswing on the "t" when the rest of the letters have serifs, save the "e" and the "s"?


Also, to quote:"It came from a small SS-insignia collection that was an incredible 99.9 % repro" . This makes me even more doubtful as to this cuff title's authenticity.

Charles Betz

[bonneville]

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Hi Winkelman,
this is the mine Westland cufftitle,is the same of your,nice and original.
Best regards
Bonneville

[bonneville]

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[Winkelman]

A perfect match - thanks for showing .. !

[Gary Symonds]

Ulrich displays various cuff bands in Vol. 2, without serifs. The Westland was one of these examples. In my opinion, this is an original.

[Winkelman]

Also, to quote:"It came from a small SS-insignia collection that was an incredible 99.9 % repro" . This makes me even more doubtful as to this cuff title's authenticity.

Very true in itself , but the very low quality of all other items made it clear that the former owner never paid a penny for them .

So he could have gotten lucky - just once .

I've seen it happen many times before to people who had absolutely no idea about what they were collecting ..