Picked this up with someother German ww2 items brought back by a British vet
Picked this up with someother German ww2 items brought back by a British vet
Different from what ive seen...Bob will know
Very odd construction. Possibly a pre RZM model locally made for design and not construction. From your images, I believe it is period original. The internet generation collector will not like the piece as it, as they like to say, not "textbook."
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
Thank you Bob i think its ok but not textbook as you say , it was found with some other German ww2 items picked up by a British Soldier who was in Germany in 1945/46
I have seen a couple others made like this over the years. Lord how I hate the overuse of that word "textbook."
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
Early homemade? Certainly done on a button holer sewing machine? Whatever the case, I like it.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
I really like this armband and it looks as though it is a genuine period piece.
I too have picked up some bundles of non regulation armbands from a vet here in the UK.
I am quite sure that those embroidered swastika roundels must have been readily available and your red cotton (is it herringbone?) looks like it is period.
I've pictured the last bundle of mine that came to me. The black bordered roundel is exactly the right size to fit on an armband and is made from pressed wool.
The pennant shows similar stitching to the process used on your armband.
All the best
Doug
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