SS Armband with RZM Tag - Would like Opinions Please

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Your service for us is such a boon to knowledge. My warm thanks.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

See the following for a simplified primer on absorption spectroscopy and the differing natural black dyes:

Natural Black Dyes - Asian Textile Studies

The manner in which the textiles we are concerned with were dyed is unknown to me, however, it is clearly evident that techniques evolve over time and that the absorptive qualities of dyes do differ based upon selected agents. Unless the manufacturer gets it just right, and I don’t know if the formulas and methods for the dyes used are published, there will be detectable differences.

My friend includes in his collection the ephemera of the textile industry and craft that allows us to focus on this really very vital aspect of
our quest. Here is an item of mine, which describes the textiles of the time, particularly for SS and other party uniforms.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

You want also to recall, as Dr. CMH wisely notes, that these things were used. The ones from the north German surprise package, for instance,
were not worn in real life. But of the few of these black uniforms that are integral and so on, many of them were used, even if they
were also the 1ste Garnitur, i.e. the one that stayed in Spind for the most festive moment of dress.

[DrCMH]

As time and environment ravages our bodies, so it does to our foetid woolens!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

As time and environment ravages our bodies, so it does to our foetid woolens!

Welll done. Pfui teufel to your bug pictures!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Foetid, but Hagen Westfalen and the Gruppe West peaked cap ex a second leading collection. I had not handled this for a long time, and
forgot what a nice tunic it is...it was once the late Bob Coleman's and we honor his memory with respect and affection.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I shall refrain from images of bugs, because I have a deep phobia about such creatures and my foetid woolens.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Thanks to my friends for their scholarship and good company. I appreciate it.

There are bugs in this picture, but they are doing their job without my losing my mind because they
are crapping up and digesting my collection.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The bug piece does speak to how remarkable it is that some of us found these things well preserved.

[DrCMH]

Foetid, but Hagen Westfalen and the Gruppe West peaked cap ex a leading collection. I had not handled this for a long time, and
forgot what a nice tunic it is...it was once the late Bob Coleman's and we honor his memory with respect and affection.

Wonderful items. The textile of the tunic is of outstanding quality.