SS Officer Collar Tab for Review

[warbuff]

Hello everyone,

I was hoping to get some assistance on a collar tab that I have been offered. I will begin by stating that I am aware that the buckram reverse is not correct, however the bullion work looks good to me. I really like the way the runes are embroidered, and where you can see an unterlagen underneath the embroidery. I am curious if it could possibly have been "rebuilt" at some point in its life with the buckram you see, or it could be an outright fake. Like I said before, the front IMO is beautiful, I'm just thrown off by the reverse. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Kind regards

[Rich Moran]

IMHO, Looks good to me.

[warbuff]

Thanks for the comment Rich. Do you also feel that it was rebuilt at one point? I have never seen this type of buckram base on another tab that I can recall.

[Rich Moran]

Can't say for sure but seeing the thinner buckram backing between the outer rune cover and the stiffer buckram IMHO says to me original.

[Pauls1970]

I'm just thinking that the rune angles are 'out' & the symmetry a bit 'off' from examples generally posted ?
Paul