Luftwaffe Collar Patches Selection

**Yellow3** · 09-04-2012, 05:43 PM

Hi,
I have posted below a selection of Luftwaffe collar patches, which IMO are a mixture of original and reproduction as indicated in my list below. Please help! Am I correct?

1. Flight section, Flieger - Original
2. Flak section, Mann - Original
3. Admin section, Mann - Unsure (would card have been use as a base?)
4. Flak section, Feldwebel - Original
5. Flak section, Oberleutnant - Original
6. Flight section, Leutnant - Replica (yellow material looks too coarse and gull wings overly arched?)
7. Flak section, Major - Replica? (these don't appear to have any age to them)

Regarding the metal gulls, I have seen both types of prongs on ones which have previously been assessed as originals, so I have been trying to look at the cloth and stitiching (without pulling bits off to burn!).
Any pointers or comments would be much appreciated. Thanks.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 09-04-2012 05:43 PM

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**Jerry B** · 09-04-2012, 05:46 PM

The only examples I have seen with a card base were considered to be fakes.

**Paul R** · 09-06-2012, 02:48 AM

From the top photo, the only ones I feel comfortable with are the Flak tabs.

The second set(Flak Oblt and Gftr), both I like and consider good.

The last photo, both are undoubtably bad. They are readily available on Ebay as repros.

**Yellow3** · 09-06-2012, 05:15 PM

Thanks Paul and Bond. Mostly as I thought, thankfully. The bottom two were given to me as repros, so no worry there.
However, I am a bit conerned about the Flieger tabs in the top photo. These and the original Flak Mann tabs came from the same well-known TR source (Paul - I'll send his name to you in a PM in case you know something I don't). The gulls look original to me although the tabs are a slighly unusual angular shape. What exactly do you not like about them, the shape, backing?
Many thanks for you help.

**Paul R** · 09-06-2012, 06:27 PM

The gulls are good. The green tabs could be real, but I want to see better pics. There are originals with cardboard backing. IS the green dark(like Admin)? They could be the first pattern of LW Sonderfuhrer tabs(NCO Levels)

**Yellow3** · 09-06-2012, 07:20 PM

Paul,
Here are some close-ups of the two patches under scrutiny. I hope these are useful as they are about the best I can do with the camera I have to hand at the moment.
Looking forward to seeing what you think.
Thanks, J.

P.S. The green colour is a little lighter than my first photo in this thread shows (see newer photo here).