Distance of the sprongs on WSS insignia.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I can't remember ever having see a manufacturers regulation,
which mentions the distance from the prongs (Splint) or (Stift),
or (Klammer) for eagles, the wreaths or whatever. They just say
if it is 2 or at least more.

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For example in the "Mitteilungsblatt der RZM" the manufacturing
of eagles is not mentioned or shown at all, as far as I remember! In an
issue from 1934 the skull was shown as a drawing. The second form of
eagle was not even ever included!! In cataloques hardly ever the many
prongs were mentioned. Occasionally yes, but not where they were
positioned (for example postal Telegrafenarbeiter) it was said as:
mit 3 einfachen Klammern oben und einer U-Klammer unten.
This is just an exception!

In March 1936 the new SS-eagle was announced. Shown a rather vague
copy of the letter of introduction. Note the two material variations, but no
further indications for the reverses.
The silvered version was for the black visored cap; the matte version for the
field-grey or earth-brown headgear:

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Bravo, Wim. Thank you for the superb research.

The splints thing is a collector mad house self licking ice cream cone.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Some more Klammer and Splinten from my record of more than ten years ago... Happy 2017. I rather think I won't be doing this in 2027, of that I am sure.