SS insignia from the Ostmark

**Ostm63** · 12-28-2012, 10:48 AM

This insignia got also my attention on the DingDong site, would love to have them in my collection ..very nice

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-28-2012 10:48 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Robert H** · 12-28-2012, 05:59 PM

Berthold, what is the story about this woman?
Tried to get this title from fellow since long long time ... same no chance but u never know for the holy days.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 12-28-2012, 06:03 PM

The woman you mention, Robert, is a historian in Vienna. Rothlaender. Her book is magnificent.
The "Alpenland" cuff title is somewhere here in the U.S.
I enclose the image from the insanity website.
I do not collect loose insignia and I refuse to have any business dealings with anyone on the maroon moron site.

**Robert H** · 12-28-2012, 06:12 PM

thank you for the input, she looks Oesterreichisch.
One very rare sleeve diamond I found once.
The quality of the embroidery speaks volumes, note also the proper F tag.

**d'alquen** · 12-28-2012, 07:02 PM

Robert,
Thanks for posting that excellent example of a very scarce diamond. It can't have been worn by many men, in fact I will have to check my files but I don't recall having a picture of it in wear.
d'Alquen

**David North** · 12-28-2012, 07:03 PM

I am assuming that permission was sought from and gracefully granted by the chap who originally posted these items on the Wehrmacht Awards Forum, prior to this thread, post number 1 ?

Regards,

David

**Robert H** · 12-28-2012, 07:44 PM

D., as I know Standartenfuehrer and higher of the 87th Standarte assigned to the Abschnitt staff.
Maybe only Feichtmayer. Not sure as this is the only once I saw in decades.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 12-28-2012, 08:01 PM

by Robert H

thank you for the input, she looks Oesterreichisch.
One very rare sleeve diamond I found once.
The quality of the embroidery speaks volumes, note also the proper F tag.

Very nice badge and even nicer historian in Vienna, indeed.

**d'alquen** · 12-29-2012, 01:35 AM

Robert,
I checked through some documents and here is a succinct description from the SS-Befehls-Blatt of October 25, 1938. I did find a fair bit of correspondence from the summer of 1938 in other SS documents regarding the wear of the edelweiss as the Austrian units were rehabilitated and I suspect this notice was the result of that discussion.
This would suggest the diamond was issued rather more than I first thought.
D

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 12-29-2012, 01:40 AM

Thank you, Robert and mr. d'Alquen for another level of complexity, indeed.
The 87 Sta. was that of: Innsbrueck
and the 76. Sta. was that of: Salzburg
The Abschnitt was HQd in Salzburg.

In any case, your Aermelraute is a fine piece and thanks for sharing it.

Did not the Linzer Standarte, Sta. 37 also wear the Edelweiss at some point?