SS KZ epaulettes?

**Ianto999** · 12-20-2023, 04:21 PM

Hi all was wondering about your opinions and thoughts regarding this KZ epaulette...thanks all and have a great Christmas

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-20-2023 04:21 PM

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**GlennAgain** · 12-20-2023, 04:54 PM

Unterscharführer Feldgendarmerie, I believe...

**Vocht** · 12-20-2023, 10:05 PM

Does not look brown to me.

**Rakkasan187** · 12-21-2023, 02:39 AM

The color of the posted epaulette looks more like a copper brownish color, which may be Reconnaissance..

I believe the color for the SS guards waffenfarbe is supposed to be light brown..

Based on "Cloth Insignia of the SS" by LTC(ret) John Angolia

BUT... I also looked in Mark Bando's Book "Insignia and Artifacts of the Waffen SS" by Mark Bando and Michael D. Beaver and the color of the Dachau epaulette looks more orange. It could have been lighting as there is no other description other than the epaulettes shown were worn at Sonderkommando Dachau and one of the epaulette's was from the late Dave Delich collection....

Just my observations...

Here is an example of what I believe to be the proper color waffenfarbe for SS guards..

Smitty