SS insignia for opinions

[Tiger]

Are these SS insignia original?

Thank you

[CBH]

I like the look of the beVo SS tab, correct construction and backing etc.
Not sure on the totenkopf tab, I think it might be bad, but please wait for more opinions.
Here is the back of my beVo tab, the top one is an officers beVo tab.

[Arran]

I agree. The TK tab MIGHT be a "Delta" fake, which is characterized by the cut lines on the reverse being closer to the edge than is found on originals. But wait for more opinions!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I agree with Arran as regards the Totenschaedel badge. I think it is fake.

[rbminis]

My original pumpkin head TK tab has been posted here for you to compare.
Embroiderd TK Pumpkin Head Tab
Ralph.

[CBH]

It looks exactly like the example you show Ralph, it might be a good one.
Thanks for sharing.

[Arran]

Always good to get many opinions! I agree there are some striking similarities. These wartime machine-embroidered tabs are not something I've ever collected, and are a study unto themselves. I'm told the current copies are deadly!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Always good to get many opinions! I agree there are some striking similarities. These wartime machine-embroidered tabs are not something I've ever collected, and are a study unto themselves. I'm told the current copies are deadly!

I agree. The Delta International items I recall vividly in the 1970s. Like Arran, I do not collect late war insignia.
How tired we are of "current copies," and copies altogether.

[CBH]

Here is an older fake pumpkin head, I believe it was a Delta made one.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

My response to all issues of this kind is the Bando Beaver book with the many examples of insignia.

I do not collect loose insignia.