Armband Hilfstruppen?

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear all,

Posting this for a friend who wants some opinions and a description of what it is. Could this be some kind of Hilfstruppen armband? Does the stamp look ok? What is the approx. value of this if original?

Cheers,

Frank

[Frank Heukemes]

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[Robin Lumsden]

Frank.

I've never seen another, but I don't like this.

The stamp appears to be one of the 'early pattern' 'NSDAP - Reichsfuhrer-SS' ones which have been widely copied.

You wouldn't expect to see an early stamp on a wartime band.

Also, you'd expect a unit stamp, not an RfSS one.

The 'V-2' (rocket??) also seems 'too good to be true', so to speak.

And the condition puts me off.

Also, 'Bairoko' is a harbour in the Solomon Islands, and a US warship was named after it.

There has been a lot of fake holocaust/eastern worker stuff made in recent years, and I think this falls into the same category.

Regards,

Robin.

[Ian Hulley]

I would concur with my learned colleague,this band was discussed before and thought to be fake....there's a whole series of them KL this,Kapo that and Ghetto the other..all with this stamp.2 or 3 months of e-bay or Manion's auctions and you should just about have the current set.

Sorry,
Ian Hulley