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06-20-2013 08:57 PM
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Re: SS TV tab
Wouldn't early style Totenkopf CT's have piping around them?
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Yes but they were not issued with it. it was up to the soldier to apply the piping and they were ordered to remove it in 1940 I believe
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Re: SS TV tab
Heres another pic
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this is an interesting tab for sure. facing right, unpiped, with regiment. the stitching looks good to me.
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Its not too uncommon to see them without piping, the value goes up if they still have it. Id say a good 40% of the early tabs Ive seen did not retain the piping.
Thanks for the comments Octavian, I have a couple others I will post pics of when I have the chance.
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sorry its just a pure horrible copy tab.
there are even better copy's out then this example.
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It not being piped isn't the problem. The problem is the detail and material, especially the backing. Sorry, wish I had better news. These are rare tabs and as Rob has already stated, there are better fakes than this one out there: the more valuable an item, the better the fakes.
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Ok I can respect your guy's opinions and I thank you for them. Especially you Robert, you have quite a wonderful site. But I can't help but feel like I've seen known original examples with far less detail than this one. The TV sleeve diamond on germanmilitaria.com for example; the backing looks good and so does the piping from what I can see of it, but the embroidery is somewhat crude in my opinion. If you can elaborate a little more I would really appreciate it.
Thanks again guys.
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Re: SS TV tab
Robert knows his way around SSTV insignia. We also have elsewhere many authentic examples.
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