please help me, cuff title question !

[zbiratelj]

heloo,

i am just back from our flee market here in slovenia nad i found an interesting cufftitle. it is writenn "ALPENLAND" on it. it looks like it is original and it looks like this :

First there are two crossed swords then it says alpenland and then again two crossed swords.

please tell me what is this, is it rare, and please some info on sites where couls i found info on this suffband.

thanx

[Jens]

Hello


Without seeing the item its always impossible to deside if its original or not.

But one thing is certain. This is not SS but SA. Therefore this item shouldnt be too expensive and to the best of my knowledge not copied, as they are in líttle demand.

Best Jens

[zbiratelj]

cufftitle

aha, so this is sa.

please i am asking for more opinions, i am not asking if it is original, i am just asking what is this and if it is rare and so on

[Erich B.]

Actually, it's not SA. It's from the Veteran's League--they were the only organization using crossed swords on the sleevebands. Pricewise, perhaps $75.00 to $125.00.
Erich

[zbiratelj]

cufftitle

but i dont understand, how is it not rare, look at this

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=alpenland

[Robert H]

The shown cufftitle in your photo link is different then yours in your description I think. I don´t see the crossed swords in the photo and the cufftitle in the photo looks a kinda handembroid RZM title, but be honest I never heard about a "Alpenland" SS cufftitle.
From your description you have a NS-Reichskriegerbund (Kyffhäuserbund) title, (German National Association of Veterans, Kyffhäuser Association and was formed during WWI).

[Marc verstraete]

Hello,

The below picture ( Copyright Ulric of England) show what you have “Alpenland” It is indeed a veterans cuff.

Marc

[zbiratelj]

cufftitle

i dont see any alpenland insription on it

[Marc verstraete]

Hello,

I have the impression you do not understand the above comments regarding your cuff, maybe your English in not that good, I don’t know.

YOU describe your cuff as having two swords on each side of the “Alpenland” cuff.

Two swords on each side of ANY land on a cuff is VETERAN.

The above picture was an EXAMPLE. ( Westland, Alpenland, its the SAME),

YOU send a picture of a few SS guys who indeed have an (unknown to me) Alpenland cuff; do you see two crossed swords on this picture???? NO! So accept the verdict of people who try to help you. If the cuff you have is dark bleu (almost black) and have two crossed swords on each side of the “ALPENLAND” it is VETERAN.

Regards,

Marc

[CVRC]

Hi I also saw that cufftitle at sunday flea market and it was a VETERAN cuff title as you describe in your post.Not so uncommon to find that kind of armband at these places (SLOVENIJA) because Alpenland district was in our neiborhood.Regards.CVRC