SS Runic Tab...good/bad?

[Gary Wood]

Brig,
so are you going to buy the item?, because if you are not them I am going to
:-), I have also seen picures of some of the other items that came with this lot as well, there were 2 red fez's along with the collar insignia,
cheers,
Gary

[Brig]

I'm making him an offer, I'll let you know if it falls through. As for the fezes, I think he wants 600 apiece, I was going to tell Metthew about them since he seems to really want one

[Gary Wood]

I would also like to show you a photo of an original runic embroidered on badge cloth notice the angle of the runic emblem and also notice the thread is not roped like the early thread but like the thread that is used to make the pirate trapezoid that is found on the Dachau panzer m43 caps

[Gary Wood]

detail

[Brig]

I can't see any of those images

oh, there they are. VERY interesting.

[Peter Wiking]

Gary.

As you know i´m trying to learn the difficult area as Waffen-SS collecting is.
Is both your patch and Brigs original, using two (2) different kinds of threading ?
My negative reaction on Brigs patch was the criss cross pattern that i cant see on your patch.

My second question:
Was felt cloth (badge cloth) used from time to time ?

Thanks.
Peter Wiking

[Tony Barto]

The tab also looks good to me as well. I did bid on it's twin on ebay as Totenkopfverbande (one of the 3 Brig posted and asked for comments on earlier) but the auction was canceled and I just wasn't motivated enough to pursue it any further with the seller. Saving my dough for the SOS as I'm hearin there's gonna be some dynamite stuff making an appearance.

Good luck to whomever ends up the buyer of the grouping and please post pix of it all when you receive it!

[Tony Barto]

Gary.

As you know i´m trying to learn the difficult area as Waffen-SS collecting is.
Is both your patch and Brigs original, using two (2) different kinds of threading ?
My negative reaction on Brigs patch was the criss cross pattern that i cant see on your patch.

My second question:
Was felt cloth (badge cloth) used from time to time ?

Thanks.
Peter Wiking

Hi Peter;

Yes, both are original. There were numerous manufacturers and probably almost as many different manufacturing techniques used. Also material availability has to be taken into account which is why you'll see different threading, base materials and backings used. One of the best ways to get a good grasp on this is to actually study known originals.

[Peter Wiking]

Thanks Tony. Clears things up a bit.


Cheers.
Peter Wiking

[Gary Wood]

peter,

do a search though the forum use the word runic, it will bring up many examples for you to study

cheers,

gary

[Brig]

$275 is the price, is that good for one in this condition?

[Tony Barto]

From the ebay seller?

[Brig]

yeah, the one you were bidding on is also 275

[Tony Barto]

Huh. He offered me a deal on both tabs plus a fez and was pushing me to make a deal because he said he had others waiting.....Go figure. He did offer me a pretty good deal actually but I don't like being pushed to make a decision. That pisses me off when people try that with me and I don't care how good of a deal it is, I'll pass just because of that.

[Brig]

offered both tabs and the fez for 950 if I wanted them all