Estonian SS legion arm patch

**samland** · 12-02-2021, 09:32 PM

This is the most common version of Estonian SS arm patch. Original ?

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-02-2021 09:32 PM

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**samland** · 12-03-2021, 05:16 PM

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**samland** · 12-04-2021, 09:33 PM

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**Vocht** · 12-05-2021, 11:26 AM

The white cloth on the back I cannot explain it. It does not look stitched to the patch maybe glued? The arm badge itself looks like a standard German made original example. I would buy it if the price was good.

**johanis1860** · 12-05-2021, 12:05 PM

Another one fake of porre81 on Ebay Germany.
It tries to imitate the original Dachau type.
There is only one accepted German made original, the one from the Dachau depot.
Do not exist other original variants.
I add an original from my collection to compare.
Regards, Jannis.

**Vocht** · 12-05-2021, 01:52 PM

With all due respect Jannis, except the backing cloth. What is the difference with the original German Dachau depot made one?

**johanis1860** · 12-05-2021, 02:44 PM

The extra backing cloth itself is red flag enough to say that the badge is a repro.
The black fabric is wrong, the embroidery is different than on the originals.
The back is solid white, with the exception of the blue stripe, which is not always present.
I add accepted originals, compare them, first with each other so that you can recognize the repeated characteristics
and then compare with the repro and you will see the difference.
Regards, Jannis.

**uscha** · 12-08-2021, 06:43 PM

The shield that started the thread is a fake one.
There are at least 4 original variations of this shield - different width and thickness of embroidery and the last variation has a bit different blue thread which is brighter and shiny. The variation that johanis1860 posted is the most common type and often available on dealers. Very hard to find in worn condition though.

I will add a picture of my Dachau shields where three out of four know variations are shown.

**johanis1860** · 12-08-2021, 08:22 PM

by uscha

The shield that started the thread is a fake one.
There are at least 4 original variations of this shield - different width and thickness of embroidery and the last variation has a bit different blue thread which is brighter and shiny. The variation that johanis1860 posted is the most common type and often available on dealers. Very hard to find in worn condition though.

I will add a picture of my Dachau shields where three out of four know variations are shown.

Thanks,for the additional infos.
Regards,Jannis.