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SS Aufklärungs-Abteilung 244?
Hello fellow members,
I have a pair of shoulder boards for an Untersturmführer (no rank pips, no cypher currently) that seems to have born the cyphers 2, 4 and 4 (in that order) in the past. Clearly the waffenfarbe is golden yellow which leads me to believe that it is cavalry/reconnaissance. Would any of you have a clue what kind of unit in the Waffen SS (the boards have a black underlay with rayon piping) would have had the number 244? I could not find anything so far. I will try to send some pictures of the boards tomorrow.
Thanks a lot for your ideas/hints.
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03-03-2019 11:23 PM
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Also any idea for a book (or books) with good overviews of the detailed organisations of the different SS divisions would be helpful.
Thanks!
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Hi Phil,
I'm not aware of any Waffen SS Aufklärungs-Abteilung that would have been numbered 244 , as i'm sure you are aware the numbering just followed the actually Division numbering system.
Regards
paul
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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The boards are also magnetic as they are in most of the cases. If they are engineered that would be a relatively high quality to be honest...
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Hey Phil, you've got better eye for detail to see three digits (or imagination - Lol) I've not noticed any SS field officer boards with anything more than division cypher number or letters, i.e. 2, 3 ALH, GD, etc. and since the basic German SS divisions only rose to the 38th I believe, the 244 wouldn't be sensible in this case. Any pips (1 for Obersturmfuhrer, 2 for Haupsturmfurer would show only one hole and of course be mounted length wise. I think the NCO's and possibly officers in the Heer would more commonly have three digits to note their battalion. Just my two cents. The book Waffen SS Uniforms & Insignia ( by Krawczyk & Lukacs) has a few details on shoulder boards.
Ron
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There is an outside chance this Officer may have been attached to a Wehrmacht regiment
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