White buck gloves of the SS

[Friedrich-Berthold]

An earlier image from Nuremberg the year prior, with one soul wearing such gauntlets and the rest not.

[CARL]

Found whilst browsing...

Regards,

Carl

[Friedrich-Berthold]

This young man wears no gloves at all. His helmet shows signs of rain and snow, as does his arm band. What became of him and this suit? and his own ring?

[HPL2008]

This young man wears no gloves at all. His helmet shows signs of rain and snow, as does his arm band. What became of him and this suit? and his own ring?

Whatever became of this Ehrentempel honor guard, this sure is an excellent-quality uniform study with many details to look at, from his cufftitle to his private-purchase "Death's Head" ring. We can even tell he is wearing his ID in his left breast pocket.

[Robert H]

Very nice, very rare gloves.
Finally I found my pair today, same maker same year. Number 3054, thump is marked with the same number 3054.
The source if mine is Gorget connected, as a boxed one came up with the gloves.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Congratulations. I am sure everyone here would like to see your nice things.

[Gwar]

One wonders.. How many of these specimens were used after the war to move rubble and debris... Just my two cents..
A very interesting thread I must admit... Thanks to all contributors...G

[HPL2008]

One wonders.. How many of these specimens were used after the war to move rubble and debris.

That's the problem with many such items.

Literally everything was in short supply during the immediate post-war years, and it was even common practice to strip uniforms of insignia, alter them, re-dye them and turn them into civilian clothes.

Everything that didn't need such modifications was put to civilian use right away. That's one reason why issue shirts, sweaters, socks etc. are rare nowadays: They were worn out and then discarded.

[Adrian Stevenson]

To illustrate Andreas' point, here is an item from my collection.

And now for something completely different

I will show a rucksack I purchased in Germany last week, once I get time, again an item made from bits of military kit.

Cheers, Ade.

[Glenn66]

Everything that didn't need such modifications was put to civilian use right away. That's one reason why issue shirts, sweaters, socks etc. are rare nowadays: They were worn out and then discarded.

This is also why I am so sceptical of items such as TR cigarettes, matches etc that are to be found on dealers sites. Surely such items would have been gold as informal currency in the immediate post war years. 'Hoard finds' not withstanding of course.