totenkopf regimental standard?

**DrCMH** · 08-17-2011, 08:45 PM

by Friedrich-Berthold

Elsewhere I have images of said regimental colors as in a picture album.

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I have not seen many examples of the service tunic label pictured above. Are they uncommon? It is probably a trivial question but I wondered what the reason is that some RZM tags are marked "Nr B" while others "Nr A"? Perhaps a different manufacturing license?

Regards,

CMH

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 08-17-2011 08:45 PM

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**Friedrich-Berthold** · 08-25-2011, 03:00 PM

The brown RZM tag in the Standarte 32 uniform represents the exception, in fact, but I have seen such in other black SS uniforms. These tags changed frequently, as I have learned from reading the RZM material. I cannot speak to the issue you raise with Nr. A etc. A as an Unterabteilung in the RZM concerned "Ausruestung" and B stood for "Baumwolle," but I am not sure of the meaning in said context. In any case, the variations amid standardization intrigue you and me both.
I have to double check whether the Berechtigungsnachweis number on the tag squares with the maker and retailer in Karlsruhe....

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 08-25-2011, 03:03 PM

The bulk of tailored black uniforms for the leader ranks have no such tags, with one exception in my property.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 08-25-2011, 03:06 PM

foetid woolens of mass political psychosis.

**DrCMH** · 08-30-2011, 08:19 PM

Thank you F-B for your response. The intrigue of these small details, for me at least, makes the study of this regalia all the more interesting.

Kindest regards,

CMH

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 08-30-2011, 08:22 PM

by DrCMH

Thank you F-B for your response. The intrigue of these small details, for me at least, makes the study of this regalia all the more interesting.

Kindest regards,

CMH

Thanks for yours. I do not have an image of the brown tag in one of my tunics, but it is identical to the piece I enclosed here from the Karlsruhe uniform. I am not sure when the black tag emerged, maybe in 1936, maybe earlier, or maybe later. The RZM circulars are very revealing, but indirectly.
as ever, your humble, FB