SS Wachverbaende 1935, introduction of insignia conditions.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The origins of the insignia in the SS Totenkopfverbaende, or SS Wachverbaende as they were called in 1935 in the documents below give rise to much speculation.

The cuff titles were introduced in the latter part of 1935, for instance, the one pictured here.

This regalia was subject to strict control as you see here.

Nor will you find this information on the baby talk, forehead free pressure websites, where indignation and affect drive out analysis and research.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Of note, too, for us fans of Austria is the advent of the "SS Sammelstelle" cuff title around this time, as well, that is summer and fall of 1935.

see extract in post 3 below.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I may be re-stating the obvious here, but I had not seen this item before, and since the "Oberbayern" issue is of more than tangential interest to me, I include it here.

One also notes that the prices for "dead heads" went down around this time, too, which indicates something subtle, but I cannot fathom what.

Someone should get out their oiyja (sp) board for some automatic writing to the Deschler foreman who talks in the heads of certain members of other fora.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here a subtle issue of collar patches explained in the original source, which should give sober pause to the embroidery experts on other sites, with their terminal flatulence engendered by a deep indigestion about the past.

I will let others translate all of this, since I did enough work just to find it all.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

A word to the curious. The SS Beschaffungsamt in the RZM (with its organizational bridge to the VA SS) was renamed Abteilung 10 in the midst of the reorganization of the RZM in the course of 1935.....

[Friedrich-Berthold]

And no wonder that today SS uniform causes so much headache around the world, for no one knew how to distinguish pieces of uniform at said time, i.e. Breecheshose versus Stiefelhose.

thanks to Robert H for his image.....

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Or here in the case of the summer weight uniforms as well as drill cotton varieties.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

the shadows in which arose what are now foetid woolens......

[DrCMH]

Thank you F-B for gathering this information from the primary sources and taking the time to share it. As always with the information you present, fertile ground for further study.

With gratitude and kindest regards,

CMH

[HPL2008]

Of note, too, for us fans of Austria is the advent of the "SS Sammelstelle" cuff title around this time, as well, that is summer and fall of 1935.

Allow me to add an example of the cuff title in wear (by Alfred Rodenbücher). Please see here: