all you can eat armband

**Davidh** · 01-26-2009, 06:54 PM

picked this up on sunday, it looks like the moths had an all you can eat buffet on it, but even munched it looks good on display

and wasnt a fortune, rgds Dave

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 01-26-2009 06:54 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Adrian Stevenson** · 01-26-2009, 09:23 PM

Hi Dave, this armband is not conventional in it's construction. Maybe an early peice? I don't know. I would be interested to hear some input from others on this one.

Cheers, Ade.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 01-27-2009, 01:29 AM

a conventional Kampfbinde.

**BOB COLEMAN** · 01-27-2009, 01:54 AM

I must agree with Ade that the construction of this armband is quite poor in comparison to original examples. If you keep it, may I suggest it be placed in a freezer for several days to prevent the spread of moth larva to any other cloth items.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 01-27-2009, 05:27 AM

Colleague Coleman knows whereof he writes.

Another Kampfbinde.....

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 01-27-2009, 05:28 AM

another.....

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 01-27-2009, 05:30 AM

another yet still and dann Schluss....

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 01-27-2009, 05:36 AM

These things came in a woolen and cotton model, the former for the tunic and the latter for the short brown shirt. Of course, variations existed and perhaps the moth eaten piece is an authentic variation. I cannot tell under these circumstances.

Collectors especially prize the early RFSS marks found on pieces from the years from about 1934 until 1936 or so......

**Davidh** · 01-27-2009, 08:22 AM

Thanks guys for all the input

i never even thought there may still be moth larvae on it,, its going straight in the freezer, thanks for the tip, rgds Dave

Kursk · 02-27-2009, 04:59 PM

Can you please show the reverse of the roundel side of the armband? It looks to have some of the hallmarks of an early SS brownshirt armband, but constructed in unusual materials for its type..