Ss insignia ...help!!

[RUHL13]

Hey guys, need some help here, i have been offered this set of insignia,
but the backing looks ....unusual.
Maybe from a fez?
Thanks in advance for your help
If possible, could you please pm me on a fair value.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Gary

[RUHL13]

And...the backing

[besslein]

good set i think i have seen this in the past offered for sale,backing is not from a fez,in my opinion it was post war sewn on a pice of cloth,maybe vet wife work,

[Ian Hulley]

good set i think i have seen this in the past offered for sale,backing is not from a fez,in my opinion it was post war sewn on a pice of cloth,maybe vet wife work,

Agree, original insignia, post war cloth.

Ian.

[RUHL13]

Thank You very much....
Value of these with post war backing?
Regards,
Gary

[John T]

Hi Guys:

This is not post war cloth but factory backing...they did it this way at times in my opinion because the workers (prisoners?) were not that good at folding over the selvage and stitching the pieces on while holding the folded over selvage.....so it was much easier to cut around the outline and paste down to cotton and then sew down, but definately done at the point of assembly of the fez and not postwar,

Best,

J

[bwanek1]

Hi Guys:

This is not post war cloth but factory backing...they did it this way at times in my opinion because the workers (prisoners?) were not that good at folding over the selvage and stitching the pieces on while holding the folded over selvage.....so it was much easier to cut around the outline and paste down to cotton and then sew down, but definately done at the point of assembly of the fez and not postwar,

Best,

J

My guess is that it was merely a more expediant method developed to increase worker efficiency/productivity which had more to do with the basic difficulty of sewing insignia onto the oddly shaped fezzes, than something to do with the talent of the particular workers employed in that task. Regardless, it is 100% wartime original; I have seen this technique used on dozens of original fezzes.

Brad

[Felix]

All is orginal regarding those insignias, including the backing.

No problems!

Cheers,
Felix

[maxmin todt]

Agree, very nice insigna!

[RUHL13]

Thanks again guys
I know on some fezes, they seem to have a "padded" feel to them.
So i guess this is how it was done at the factory / camp?
I am slowly getting back in to collecting insignia, before it was headgear of all branches, daggers, uniforms...god this is addicting
Any help on a fair price on these, with that type of backing, would be greatly appreciated
Regards,
Gary