Nordwest cuff title . fake?

[Ron K]

Hi guys,

Somebody showed me this cuff title. I have my toughts on this.
Is this real or fake?

Cheers,
Ron

[CBH]

This isn't SS , it is NS-Reichskriegerbund .

[Ron K]

Ha thanks Chris. I have never seen this type of cuff.

Ron.

[CBH]

No problem , I hope you didn't pay SS prices for it .
The TR used many cuff titles , Luftwaffe to HJ .
I'm sure yours is collectable but not near the price of an SS item .
Sorry to tell you the news .

[Ron K]

Hi Chris,

No I didn't buy it. A coleague of mine came with this he has 4 of them. I've never seen a cuff like this so that's the reason
why I placed this here.
Thanks.
Ron

[Friedrich-Berthold]

This is what an Allgemeine SS Oberabschnitt (Wehrkreis area of operations...) cuff title looks like on a black cuff and a tunic, to boot.

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It is not mine.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here is an Abschnitt cuff title on a cuff, and it is mine, thanks to my fine colleague.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here is a real Standarte cuff title on a cuff......It is the tunic of the commander of the Sta 19.


It is likely a "1" than had its embroidery embellished in early 1935, but that's just a theory.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

And here is a Sturmband, for the Sta. 1 Muenchen, 1st Sturmbann, 2nd Sturm "Theodor Casella," one of the 9 November martyrs.

[HPL2008]

Ha thanks Chris. I have never seen this type of cuff.

They are actually fairly common. For a little more info, have a look at these two threads:

Nordwest cuff title question
SS Alpenland armelband

They also include lists of these cuff titles.

It is worth noting that most of the NS-RKB's districts bore designations that were also used for SS-Oberabschnitte (which was probably not a coincidence given the close ties between these two organisations) but the NS-RKB cuff titles are instantly recognizable by the crossed swords.