The cap fan poll

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Just a brief intermission in this fine exchange, but I do want to thank d'alquen for his arcane input on A-1/15. I understand there are a couple of carefully-guarded copies of the source book on such information; not having such, I am building my own, and hope to complete it by time I am 96.

At the risk of spilling the RZM beans, as it were, you can buy the microform of the Handbuch der RZM from the Library of Congress, which would be cheaper than the real thing. Of course, then you need a microform reader, too, which is a pain.

But this knowledge is not as exclusive as it would seem. Someone should digitalize the whole thing as well as the Mitteilungsblaetter der RZM, en suite.

Arnstadt, however, is an out of the way place for hat makers and is interesting for that reason. Weimar and Buchenwald are in Thueringen, of course.

Bruce, your cap is an issued piece with the Verwaltungsamt SS stamp, something which is not especially common, either.

[Frog]

F-B :

Thanks kindly for this information, which I was wholly unaware of; I will perhaps look for a fiche reader on E-bay! The subject is obscure, to be sure, but interesting to a burrowing animal such as myself.

In my limited experience, I had not seen the VA impression on a cap before, to be sure, but the thing in hand seemed quite right at the time, and still today.

I attach a picture of the VA stamp on the TV tunic itself, as well as a few file pictures of this getup for those who have not seen it previously:

[Frog]

An ungainly shot; the collar board has lost its RZM label, clearly once present:

[Frog]

And the Rock label:

[Friedrich-Berthold]

A such a stamp in a cap....which I assume means it was issued from a Verwaltungsamt SS quarter master store of some kind, a Kleidungskammer of some unit. In contrast, most caps were bought by said Allgem. SS man (as contrasted likely by some SSVT people, who were also doing their military service...)

[Frog]

The chevron; tried to post a few minutes ago, may be a duplicate:

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The stamps in black tunics are more common, for instance in such a piece from the SSVT, in this case the LAH. Certain tunics were privately tailored and have no such stamp.

[Frog]

The brassard is a straightforward undisturbed wool example, marked thus:

[Frog]

Dueling posts:

Just final comments on the TK outfit, and then I will cease and listen.

The whole is tight and problem-free; the buttons are Assmann I believe, SS marked 155/37.

Finally, a shot of the label in the breeches, then I'm done:

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Very nice, and the label in the breeches is an authentic one versus all the fakes one sees. Very nice Montur with fine provenance.
Thanks for showing us your treasures. The officer piece is also very attractive. Colleague Coleman has an SSTV Montur or two, I think, amid his many fine SS uniforms.