SS tag,,,,,what is this???

[BlackCat1982]

Yes, it is a clothing tag, I've got examples in my own collection that I dug from dump locations.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Thank you FB for clarifying what this obscure item is.

You are welcome. We think usually of RZM tags and other things we discover in items of clothing, but these things are part of the quartermaster system
and the accountability for the individual garment and so forth.

I have my Bekleidungsunteroffizier handbook which describes the process, but I cannot find it in the pile.

At a given year when these were introduced ca. 193X, the terminology corresponds to the terms used at the time, and this is
often a detail that eludes fakers. They would be inclined to write "Allgemeine SS" to imply the black items of uniform, and so forth.

To extent that any of these is associated with an SSTV unit, then it surely has a concentration camp provenance of some kind.

I have no idea of how US soldiers found these, other than in the search for souvenirs and so forth.

We have included elsewhere images of the SS supply ware houses in Dachau with the official visit of Hess to the camp in the company of Himmler,
as well as images of Hitler and Dietrich inspecting bolts of cloth in Lichterfelde; that is bolts of cloth apparently tailored on the spot for uniforms
for the LAH and so forth.

All of this is based on military customs and procedures that are legendary.

[avenger]

Makes sense now that we know the context of these. I remember bowling alley's back in the 80's using a similar system to keep track of what pairs of shoes were in use, before computers were everywhere. Always fun to see a mystery resolved.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Siehe da.

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Der Bekleidungsunteroffizier
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Hess (Amtsrat.)
Bernard & Graef, 1941 - 59 pages
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Title Der Bekleidungsunteroffizier
Issue 4 of Der Unteroffizier
Author Hess (Amtsrat.)
Publisher Bernard & Graef, 1941
Length 59 pages

[luftyluftylufty]

The discovery of this innocuous tag in a hoard adds significant weight to it's likely provenance.
I am unable to publish images of the hoard as group images are in contravention
of WRF policy . the content of the hoard are exclusively SS, Schuma , Customs , and police . with the exception of a
German Cross In Gold and a micrometer?.

What is the legal position of selling a hoard from an ss supply depot in Buchenwald?

[carpediem]

We used a similar system in the auto parts warehouse when I worked there in my younger days. Our system was to help us reorder the stocked items. Amazing for their mundane use that they are so numerous. Seems as though GIs' picked up almost anything not nailed down!
After a seven year pause, I wonder if the OP will ever see the answers?

[MAP]

The discovery of this innocuous tag in a hoard adds significant weight to it's likely provenance.
I am unable to publish images of the hoard as group images are in contravention
of WRF policy . the content of the hoard are exclusively SS, Schuma , Customs , and police . with the exception of a
German Cross In Gold and a micrometer?.

What is the legal position of selling a hoard from an ss supply depot in Buchenwald?

The group images issues is more about when someone is looking for evaluations of multiple items. In this case (unless a Mod objects), I would be happy to see photos of this (or any) "hoard" find.....

[BlackCat1982]

Legal position depends on where you intend to sell it. It would not be easy to sell it in Germany, but no doubt someone would buy it should it be offered to sale. Not an easy decision to make.

[luftyluftylufty]

I never intended to show all of this reel however I was unable to crop once uploaded .
Remarkable SS Traps
The complete thread on ss cloth was pulled by Bob when I included the hoard picture so for now I will
use this image ,
Regards
B