SS Totenkopf

[Tony C]

Hi, can I have some opinions on this please, was an NZ vet bringback from the Trieste area, NZ soldiers were forbidden to collect souviners but this was snatched from a cap & the cap then discarded as it was too big to hide...

[Tony C]

Wheres my attachments.....? Aaaah, here they are

[Stossgruppe3]

Badge .....

Ah yes ..... this is an extremely rare item. During the latter days of the war the Third Reich developed a comoflauge that was invisable to the naked eye. I believe this could be one of the cap badges belonging to that particular division...... David

[Tony C]

Thanks David, I believe you are correct.
I have just become an association member, have uploaded the pics I wanted but can't seem to get them to appear here, what am I doing wrong????
Tony

[Gary Wood]

Thanks David, I believe you are correct.
I have just become an association member, have uploaded the pics I wanted but can't seem to get them to appear here, what am I doing wrong????
Tony

Tony,
were you trying to upload more than one picture at once? sometime i also have problems with this, another point is there is a file size, if it was the first point try uploading them one at a time,
cheers,
gary

[Tony C]

Excellent...

Thanks very much Gary, that did the trick
Now, can I please have some opinions on this little fellow...

Thanks,Tony

[SScollector]

Hi,

Very nice TK!
However, it's just a standard TK. There was no special camouflage version.
The silver has just worn.

Best, Chris

[Tony C]

Thanks

Thanks Chris, good to get confirmation on this one. I think the earlier comment regarding the 'invisible' totenkopf was a joke as I was unable to get the pics to load at the time....

Cheers.....Tony

[SScollector]

Oh, my bad!

I thought David had lost his mind.
By the way Tony, will you be selling this skull?

Thanks! Chris

[Tony C]

Sorry Chris, can't possibly sell this, very hard to replace here in NZ. I paid $150.00NZ for this (75.00 Euros), did I get value for money?

Thanks anyway....Tony

[SScollector]

Value for money?????????????????

I would pay 500 NZ dollars for that skull.
Of course you got value for the money.
Congratulations!

Best, Chris

[Tony C]

happy-happy-happy

Thanks for the input, I'm really glad that this is the genuine thing, I'm only new to this hobby although I bought my first item, a 1942 Luftwaffe belt, in 1981 (still have that belt). I've had to take some gambles in the last couple of years & it's satisfying to know i've got genuine items, that's the main thing to me.

Tony

[all1knew]

Thanks for the input, I'm really glad that this is the genuine thing, I'm only new to this hobby although I bought my first item, a 1942 Luftwaffe belt, in 1981 (still have that belt). I've had to take some gambles in the last couple of years & it's satisfying to know i've got genuine items, that's the main thing to me.

Tony

Hello,

Glad to hear you kept your first item. I wish I had that 50 year faithful service cross that I bought with my pop way back when. Very nice skull by the way. Thanks for sharing.

William Kramer