WESTLAND RZM in 2 letter-styles ?

[Winkelman]

Last week I found this ( shortened ) WESTLAND - cufftitle that I'm still quite comfortable with - all opinions welcome ! </p> My question is : why the 2 different styles in lettering ? </p> Angolia shows " Nordland " of this type , and " Westland " of the other , i.e. with " feet " at the endings of the letters . I have found both styles existed , but is it a matter of time-period ? I could assume that since the " feet-type " look more like the BeVo , it would be later , does that make sense ? Please enlighten me , thanks ..

[Winkelman]

Closeup - no feet ..

[Robert H]

nice and original, as there are different variations out.

[juoneen]

I know when new they had 2 paper tags...one on each end. One for the cufftitle , one for the stitching , maybe some companies farmed the stitching out to other companies or manufacturers. Maybe someone will have a better answer. Nice one regardless., possibly the answer for different configurations of stitching...anybody know for sure? I have one with both tags i believe.

[Winkelman]

Thanks for the confirmation ! It came from a small SS-insignia collection that was an incredible 99.9 % repro . This one just jumped right out from between such sad items as an " SS LEIBSTANDARTE " cufftitle . If it was the one thing that poor guy did right collecting these , it was worth it . He had bought it in Australia - which inspires visions of some guilt-ridden Dutchman emigrating in 1945 ..

[juoneen]

heres another one to compare to.

[juoneen]

[juoneen]

[juoneen]

[Winkelman]

Yes , that is the one with what I called " feet " - thanks !

[juoneen]

Youre welcome...you can now pick both types out. Id say there might be several other versions in bevo also good, if anyone has any to post or the link to a thread. This is my only one. One shot(7) i used a flash to show the backround material, but its the same one thru all photos i posted. Real thread color is in the existing light photos, a little more silvery gray id say.

[Gary Symonds]

The "feet" on the bottom of letters are called serifs. Ulric in vol 2 shows Westland and a handfull of other cuff bands without the usual serifs. The Westland with serifs is an original.

[Winkelman]

The Westland with serifs is an original.

As is the one shown " sans serifs ".. ?!

[Bob Hritz]

As is the one shown " sans serifs ".. ?!

It is also original.

Bob Hritz

[Winkelman]

Many thanks for the confirmation .. !

Somehow almost all types seen have the " serifs " , but I did remain confident that this type was an original variation ( as mentioned by mr. Hassler .. )