A late war SS sleeve eagle

**John Brandon** · 10-02-2014, 09:41 AM

A snip at £75 (excuse the pun)

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 10-02-2014 09:41 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**harryamb2** · 10-02-2014, 08:23 PM

1st I have seen like that John.

**John Brandon** · 10-02-2014, 08:37 PM

Me too mate. I think it maybe a terrible fake

**carlsson1982** · 10-02-2014, 10:19 PM

No It did exist, but not that desirable I am afraid

**jHAM** · 10-02-2014, 10:20 PM

These printed sleeve eagles did exist. I have seen photos of Prinz Eugen troops wearing just such insignia. I will find the photos. However I have no idea if the example shown is period or not. Thanks

I could only find these two but I assure you there are more period images.

**timothy** · 10-03-2014, 02:34 AM

Not a SS man or collector Bill Shea Ruptured Duck Militaria had some of them for sale several years back and said they were real late war printed I my self don't know. timothy

**Bochmann** · 10-03-2014, 02:37 AM

by jHAM

These printed sleeve eagles did exist. I have seen photos of Prinz Eugen troops wearing just such insignia. I will find the photos. However I have no idea if the example shown is period or not. Thanks

I could only find these two but I assure you there are more period images.

Nice to see that the Rottenfuhrer pictured seems to have transferred from the Kriegsmarine and wears his original awards.

**octavian** · 10-03-2014, 04:11 AM

Oh dang which book did i see Print Eagles in??? Got to dig around. But i too think they existed in very late war.

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-03-2014, 07:54 AM

Good original.

**HPL2008** · 10-03-2014, 02:54 PM

by jHAM

I could only find these two but I assure you there are more period images.

Here is another example showing a printed sleeve eagle in wear by an NCO in an Estonian unit (also of interest is the Heer camouflage pattern of his uniform:

(I have no further information on the image; it was saved from the internet for personal reference.)

by Bochmann

Nice to see that the Rottenfuhrer pictured seems to have transferred from the Kriegsmarine and wears his original awards.

Late-war transfers of "surplus" naval personnel to the Waffen-SS happened. The Skanderbeg division is a good example: After the bulk of its Albanian members was discharged, some 1,800 sailors were transferred in during November 1944.
Another large-scale transfer took place during February/March 1945, when a naval training regiment was sent to the SS-Panzergrenadier school at Kienschlag for re-training and re-assignment to various SS combat formations.