SS armband, trash or treasure?

[Steve Flanagan]

Picked this up with a batch of German helmets with fake decals on them, Ive seen the stitching on the swaz on other armbands but wonder if this is an SS or just a political with the black borders added? So fire away,,,Trash or Treasure!

Thanks guys

[Ian Hulley]

Hi Steve, I would guess that this is a plain old party armband with the edge stripes added for value but on these cotton bands it's often a leap of faith. They are usually early and for the brown shirt not the 'standard, textbook' wool RZM kampfbinde we get used to seeing.

Ian

[Steve Flanagan]

Armband

Thanks ive had a few textbook ones but this one isn’t normal

[Nick E]

Does stripe material wear match the the red material? Base armband is definitely ok.

[Steve Flanagan]

Armband

Wear and tear is consisten including less fading under the strip

[Patrick W]

Base armband as stated is genuine- cotton originals do exist- I like this one, in my opinion this is perfectly genuine- the material of the stripes is absolutely what I would expect on this type

[chahler]

Base armband as stated is genuine- cotton originals do exist- I like this one, in my opinion this is perfectly genuine- the material of the stripes is absolutely what I would expect on this type

I agree

[Steve Flanagan]

Armband

Thanks guys, thats great news

[panzer1432]

Good one....

[DALE ELLIS]

The long sewing stich on the stripes seems a little odd to me but it looks the same as on the disk though. Is this type of stich normal for this type of armband?