Deutsche Wehrmacht Armband

[WWIIBUFF]

Hello, I got this at a local show and I believe it is original but I havent messed with these armbands in a long time and would like to know yall's thoughts on it
Thanks
​​​​​​​John

[Sensei]

Looks like an orginal armband!

[JPhilip]

Hello,
This Deutsche Wehrmacht armband is original, but i'm not so sure about the ink stamp...it looks a bit fishy to me
Thanks

[Gwar]

It looks original to me as well, the issuance stamp is illegible but they are found like this obviously. Here are a few pics of RAD men with the same type of band, some tend to think that any armband with a stamp marking is immediately bogus, and rightfully so, caution should be exercised when trying to make a determination of legitimacy.

[Rakkasan187]

John,

Looks like a nice armband and as Gwar has pointed out about the ink stamp to exercise caution. I like this one..

Smitty

[captain20052019]

Definitely has all of the hallmarks of an original like others have said. The yellow fabric is right and the embroidery is textbook.

However, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if the stamp is postwar because you can find repro stampers online easily. Stamping an armband is a cheap & easy way to artificially increase the appeal of an armband and for that reason, I no longer buy stamped armbands because I personally don't like anything that has a possibility of being postwar altered in any way. That's personal preference of course but at minimum I wouldn't pay more for an armband just because it has a stamp. Like Gwar pointed out, armbands were stamped during the period but it's such an easy thing to fake these days.

These armbands are very common. I wouldn't pay more than $90. You'll see them in the $65 to $85 range quite often so no reason to pay more though I do see them go for more from certain dealers. Sometimes as much as $100+ but again, no reason to pay that much.

Also while i'm at it, notice the chain stitching across the top & bottom of your armband? That's 1 feature I have yet to see on reproduction armbands. That's the first thing I look for on Deutsche Wehrmacht, Hilfs-Krankentrager, civilians in service to the Waffen-SS armbands, & many other Wehrmacht armbands. However, it's not present on all Third Reich armbands. Party armbands & HJ armbands are a prime example of this.