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11-20-2013 08:29 PM
# ADS
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With the snake and rod it should be medical, the waffenfarbe should be cornflower blue. Maybe this has discoloured due to age, is it a brighter blue under the braid?..
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Transport or better Truppensonderdienst.
Cheers, Ade.
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I would have speculated Medical Administration...?? They're quite nice!
cheers, Glenn
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Thanks very much, but clearly the confusion remains. Presumably I should be going with Adrian's response for transport, but why does it have a medical device on it?
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The insignia represents the Mecurian Staff. Not Medical.
Cheers, Ade.
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Thanks Adrian, you have solved the puzzle for me (again). Clearly this winged rod and serpent is associated with Hermes who has links to both traveling and medicine. I am very grateful for your help.
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Adrian Stevenson
The insignia represents the Mecurian Staff. Not Medical.
Cheers, Ade.
Wow, i always thought it was a medical symbol. What do i keep saying about learning something new?..
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It's not an Aesculapius rod or Äskulapstab [= staff with one snake], but a Caduceus or Merkurstab [= winged staff with two snakes]. They are commonly confused, which is aggravated by the fact that the Caduceus is used by the U.S. Army's medical branch.
The Caduceus is not used as a medical symbol on German uniforms and insignia, where it always represents administration and related aspects.
As Ade said, the shoulder board is for the Truppensonderdienst established in 1944; speficially its administrative [Verwaltung] component.
(The TSD had two occupational specialty groups, one was the Laufbahn des Verwaltungsdienstes im TSD [Occupational Career of the Administrative Service in the TSD] as identified by light blue ["dragoon blue"] branch color and the "Caduceus" shoulder board device; the other one was the Laufbahn der Wehrmachtrichter im TSD [Occupational Career of the Military Judges in the TSD as identified by wine red branch color and a "sword" shoulder board device. A technical service occupational career group was projected, but not implemented.)
Edit: As always. Beaten by the fastest keyboard in South Derbyshire.
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