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maybe of interest....


http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=548603&highlight=hj+sheet

photo for reference and it is from a vet lot so 100% original!

Kyle, thanks,

I do recall having seen uncut sections before. Seems like on a dealers site. Not too long ago.

I'm not a member of the HJ forum so can't see their images. You should probably not post any images from there to here.

--dj--Joe

It was posted on WAF so I found it. Notice the SA buckle....

Interesting but you know there will be naysayers that will say that it is a two piece and not printed.

--dj--Joe

I know but I don't see how it can be any thing else besides printed because it is all the same level and no outlining like your would see in a photo...

Hi Joe, this has been proven over on the Hitler Youth Forum. Primary literature shows that the printed armband was not only made but was, for a time, officially approved. The photo of the HJ boy shown by kylesbullets belongs to the admin over there by the way.

Didn't know the photo belonged to him. Found it posted by a completely different person on WAF

Nork, thank you. Should the Admin. of the Hitler Youth forum want the image removed or an added acknowledgement to his ownership let us know.

--dj--Joe

A promise filled. Images of my printed HJ arm band. Note the differences.
One pic. per post for details.

--dj--Joe

Close up obverse.

--dj--Joe

Reverse.

--dj--Joe

Inside view. (Color is off - too bright - same camera same light).


--dj--Joe

Last image.
Close up inside.

--dj--Joe

Thanks for the picture as you said Joe! It looks like it was a normal length then shortened and then the adjustment was removed correct? Pretty cool. Thanks again!

Yep. It's hard to say when the threads were pulled out. Post war for a collectors display would be a probable. I've had it for a looooong time, as is.

I would post it here
http://phpstack-500133-1583587.cloudwaysapps.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=286709#Post286709

But since it's controversial to many think to hold off.
Kyle, have you seen any like mine in your research? Somewhere I saved one image that matches it. Not an inwear, just another example.

--dj--Joe

I haven't seen another with the stitching like this on an HJ armband if this is what you mean. There was always the rumor of the printed HJ armbands with stamps inside were fake but they also said printed HJ armbands were fake so we will never know. I think it looks good though...

just wondering if it is possible to find the variation of the volkssturm armband with the right eagle's head facing left. Most of them have the head facing right on both eagles....

Found one first link is the backwards head variation....
http://www.germanwarbooty.com/item-cloth/cloth%20c2393.htm
then the normal....
http://www.germanwarbooty.com/item-cloth/cloth%20c1665.htm

Here is one from 1935. No Idea what it is.

Dave

Maybe a SA troop leader armband of some sort? He is SA right?

Armband Guide updated

YAY!! the guide is huge now. To fix something, there is a type on the midwife. It says widwife. Also to be fore specific on the black KDF armband it is a tour guide...

Got it

Also to be more descriptive on the red wehrmacht armband, it is for snow uniform ID. It was used to tell if a person in uniform was german or not. It was put in a cycle and different colors were used on different days. I know they also came in yellow and orange as of now....

Added the description, and armbands for the Swedish NSAP, and 6 various resistance groups

Vern:

Here is an armband from the Norwegian NS Rikshird, the equivalent to the SA.

John

Another update

Vern:

Is there a reference to SS cufftitles or will there be one?

BTW, the black Norwegian armband is for the Rikshird (the adult equivalent to the SA), while the green one is for the Unghird (the youth equivalent to the Hitler Youth).

John

Thanks John. I made the correction. No SS cufftitle reference yet but I can build one. I have a good SS cloth reference book. Let me see what photos I already have

A cuff title guide would be great too. there are as many of them as armbands though :s

Initial counts are approximately 190 cuff titles authorized for all SS components. Now to go through the photos and see what I have

What about the Heer and Luftwaffe cuff titles lol

plus cufftiltles for the allied units (ie. Germanske SS Norge, plus the ones for the Hird districts in Norway).

John

I would guess there is over 300 cuff titles and there is campaign cuff titles....

Just have to build them one at a time The Campaign cuff titles are in the "Awards - Shields/Cufftitles" gallery.

Never looked past the shields! Makes sense to have them there. Thanks for pointing that out....

Since having shoulder surgery last week, I haven't been doing much beyond clicking a mouse or hitting a key on the computer keyboard I did use the spare time to build an SS Cuff Title Gallery that can be seen HERE! I didn't realize that the SS had approximately 170 cuff titles! I want to give a special thanks to the members who sent photos of cuff titles from their collections, and to a few who sent in-wear photos, especially for some of the more obscure units like the British Free Corps. Please take a look and let me know if you see any errors or find any missing. As far as I know, these are all the cuff titles that were issued and worn but do not include approximately 18 Honor Titles given to some Standarten.

Dannng that's a lot! There is still more armbands somehow though lol.....

Another update, now have 396 armbands posted and identified