World War 2 German Insignia & Armbands
Uniform Insignia
Luftwaffe Tropical Shirt Eagle
Luftwaffe Tropical Shirt Breast Eagle (Hoheitszeichen). Triangular folded standard second pattern Luftwaffe breast eagle, machine-embroidered on a tan coloured cotton background. Hard to find original example in very good, clearly used and shirt removed condition!
WH Tropical Signal Blitz 'Kradschützen'
WH (Heer) Tropical Signals Personnel's Trade Badge as intended for an 'Kradschütze' (motorized) soldier (Tätigkeitsabzeichen für Nachrichtenpersonal). The badge is neatly machine-embroidered on light-brown tropical cloth, having a reinforced border. Nice example in good unissued condition!
NSDAP Member's Armband - BeVo Variant
NSDAP Member's Armband (Armbinde). The armband is showing a nicely machine-woven black coloured swastika on a white roundel, woven directly onto the red cotton armband. It is showing nice NSDAP/SA ink markings. Nice original armband!
US GI Souvernir 'Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht' Armband
'Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht' Armband. This armband was taken as a souvernir from the war by a US soldier who wrote on the inside "Germany, April 14 1945". Nice piece of history!
Waffen-SS Gebirgs-Jager-Regiment 11 "Reinhard Heydrich" Cufftitle
Waffen-SS Gebirgs-Jager-Regiment 11 "Reinhard Heydrich" Cufftitle (Ärmelband). RZM pattern machine embroidered cufftitle, featuring the silver-grey cotton embroidered script 'Reinhard Heydrich'. Complete with RZM tag. Rare original cufftitle in mint and unissued condition!
Waffen-SS Sleeve Eagle
Waffen-SS RZM-pattern Sleeve Eagle (Ärmeladler). The eagle is nicely machine-embroidered in silver-grey coloured on a black woolen backgrond. Nice original eagle in very good condition!
HJ Standard Bearer's Arm Patch
HJ (Hitler-Jugend) Standard Bearer's Arm Patch (Ärmelabzeichen für Gefolgschaftsfahnenträger). The arm badge is executed in the so-called 'BeVo' weave pattern. The badge is in clearly worn and tunic removed condition, rare original patch!
WH (Heer) Medical Collar Tabs
Kriegsmarine blue Obergefreiter's rank collar tabs (Kragenspiegel), intended for usage on the colani jacket. The blue woolen collar tabs are showing a buckram backing material. Rare original set in good, clearly used and collani removed, condition!
Kriegsmarine Anti-Aircraft Range Finder Operator Career Sleeve Insignia
Kriegsmarine Anti-Aircraft Range Finder Operator Career Sleeve Insignia (Entfernungsmesser Lehrgang Laufbahnabzeichen) showing a hand-embroiderd range finder. Nice original arm-badge in good used condition!
Kriegsmarine Anti-Aircraft Range Finder Operator NCO’s Career Sleeve Insignia
Kriegsmarine Anti-Aircraft Range Finder Operator NCO’s Career Sleeve Insignia (Entfernungsmesser mit Uffz.-Lehrgang Laufbahnabzeichen) showing a machine-embroiderd range finder above 2 chevrons. Nice original arm-badge in very good condition!
Kriegsmarine Senior Engine NCO's Sleeve Insignia
Kriegsmarine Senior Engine NCO's Career Sleeve Insignia (Obermaschinenmaat Laufbahnabzeichen) with a separately attached golden-yellow stamped metal gear wheel on an anchor, positioned above a single chevron. Nice original arm-badge in very good condition!
Kriegsmarine Senior Engine NCO's Sleeve Insignia
Kriegsmarine Senior Engine NCO's Career Sleeve Insignia (Obermaschinenmaat Laufbahnabzeichen) showing a hand-embroiderd gear wheel on an anchor, positioned above a single chevron. Nice original arm-badge in very good condition!
Kriegsmarine Boatswain Sleeve Insignia
Kriegsmarine Boatswain Career Sleeve Insignia (Bootsmann Laufbahnabzeichen) having a nice metal gold toned anchor attached. The insignia is nicely marked on the back. Nice original arm-badge in very good condition!
Kriegsmarine Stabsgefreiter's Rank Chevron
Kriegsmarine Stabsgefreiter's Rank Chevron (Armwinkel). The chevron is executed in black wool having one band of gold-toned NCO braid attached below a hand embroidered rank pip indicating the rank of 'Stabsgefreiter'. Nice original example in clearly used and tunic removed condition!
Wehrmacht 'Afrikakorps' Cufftitle
Wehrmacht 'Afrikakorps' Cufftitle (Ärmelband). The full-length cufftitle measures approximately 44cms in length. Nice original cufftitle in very good mint and unissued condition!
Luftwaffe Tropical Signals Shoulder Straps
Nice pair of Luftwaffe Tropical Signals Shoulder-Straps as intended for a 'Soldat der Nachrichten'. The straps measures approximately 10cms in length. Nice original unissued pair that can easily be used to complete a Luftwaffe Tropical Shirt or Tunic with!
RAD Sport Shirt Insignia
BeVo RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) Sport Shirt Insignia. The badge is nicely woven in the so-called BeVo weave pattern in red and black on a white background. Nice original example in good used and clearly sport-shirt removed condition!
Wehrmacht Infantry Signal Blitz
WH (Heer) Signals Personnel's Trade Badge as intended for an Infantry Soldier (Tätigkeitsabzeichen für Nachrichtenpersonal). The badge is neatly hand-embroidered on a fieldgrey woolen background. Nice example in clearly used and tunic removed condition!
Waffen-SS BeVo Collar Tab
Waffen-SS BeVo Enlisted Men's Style Runic Collar Tab (Kragenspiegel). This is a later-war type collar tab showing the machine-woven (BeVo) SS runes in silvery/grey on a black background. Nice original example in good unissued condition!
'Waffen-SS' Armband
This is a nice original golden-yellow-coloured linnen 'Waffen-SS' Armband (Armbinde). The armband is executed in a technique similar to the 'BeVo'- weave technique. Rare original armband in very good condition!
'Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht' Armband
This is a nice original printed 'Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht' Armband. This is a late war printed on linnen armband, as worn by the in september 1944 raised 'Volkssturm'. Nice original armband in good used condition!
Wool NSDAP Member's Armband
NSDAP Member's Armband (Armbinde). The red woolen armband shows a machine-sewn ribbed black-coloured rayon swastika on a ribbed white coloured rayon roundel. Some moth damage. Nice wool variant armband in clearly worn and tunic removed condition!
Wehrmacht 'Afrikakorps' Cufftitle
Wehrmacht 'Afrikakorps' Cufftitle (Ärmelband). The full-length cufftitle measures approximately 44cms in length. Nice original cufftitle in very good, clearly used and tunic removed, condition!
WH (Heer) Slip-ons for the 'Landesschützen-Bataillon 881'
Matching pair of WH (Heer) Shoulder Strap 'slip-ons' ('Überschübe') as intended for a soldier within the 'Landesschützen-Bataillon 881'. The pair is in mint and unissued condition, still sewn together. Nice original pair!
WH (Heer) M39 Type Breast Eagle
Wehrmacht (Heer) M39 Type Breast Eagle (Hoheitsabzeichen). The eagle is executed in the neat so-called BeVo weave style in grey thread on a field-grey linnen background. Nice example in good and unissued condition!
Waffen-SS BeVo Sleeve Eagle
Waffen-SS BeVo Sleeve Eagle (Ärmeladler). The eagle is nicely machine-woven in the BeVo-weave pattern in silver-grey linnen on a black linnen background. Nice original sleeve eagle in mint and unissued condition!
Waffen-SS flat-wire 'Grenz-Polizei' Cufftitle
Waffen-SS BeVo-like flat-wire woven 'Grenz-Polizei' Cufftitle (Ärmelband), intended for ss troops who augmented the border police. The cufftitle is in good unissued condition showing some staining and traces of years of storage. Nice original cufftitle!
Waffen-SS 'Estonian' Volunteer Sleeve Shield
Waffen-SS 'Estonian' Volunteer Sleeve Shield as intended for members within the '20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Estnische Nr.1)'. The shield is in mint and unissued condition and just shows some minor traces caused by years of storage. Nice original sleeve shield!