SS Armband Questions

[William Dixon]

Hello everyone,
Over the years I have had acquired two armbands that have been thrown in with other collections, but I've always doubted their authenticity as I have never found any like examples, but I've kept them out of curiosity.
The first armband is black with a white circle and black SS lightning bolts in the center. The second is again a black band with white SS lightning bolts individually stitched on. Neither have a tag.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
William Dixon

[rbno]

To the best of my knowledge, no armbands of this pattern were produced during the Third Reich. They are fantast items, in my opinion.

[William Dixon]

That is my belief as well, rbno.

[C. Betz]

Armbands

Agree. Sound like fantasy items. Could you post pictures of them?

Charles Betz

[Ian Hulley]

The first armband is black with a white circle and black SS lightning bolts in the center. The second is again a black band with white SS lightning bolts individually stitched on.

They sound like fantasy items based on the SS Sports Vest insignia.



Early type was white runes (NOT 'bolts' ) on black, later type was black on white as shown above. The fakers would use the same very poor fakes for all their 'products'.

These are usually very obvious under UV, lighting up like the Vegas strip.

Ian