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Here is what I have thus far, in the way of Forestry tabs. I have been accumilating these for the past few years. It is amazing how difficult it is to find these items.

Although I am mainly a Luftwaffe collector, I am still attracted to this service, as Hermann Goering was in charge of all Forestry and Hunting Organizations.

I have no idea what the "SA" style tabs represent. All I know is that they are the early Forestry ranking system. If anyone can shed any light on them for me, please let me know. One of them is embroidered in a silver thread and the other is in Gold.

Grey tabs- Heer Forestry Service
Dk Green Tabs- State Forestry Service
Brown Tabs- Private Forestry Services

I am still missing some black examples, that would represent the Luftwaffe forestry service.

State Forestry

Private Forestry

Unknown early forestry insignia.

Thanks for looking. Again,any help on the last set would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards
Paul

Paul, nice tabs.I don't know the answer to your last tab but, I'm sure someone will.Here's the only one I have,a private forestry service tab.

That is a great tab!!! Yours looks like it was actually worn!!

I wish mine did not appear so dark!!

Thanks Paul, It was worn and still has a piece of thread attached.I can't remember seeing these tabs for sale at local shows.Would like to see more,so post what you have guys.
Try taking the photo in front of a window but not in direct light.This is what I try to do.

Here are some tabs on a graetcoat I have

collar

board

lable

back

Great coat Gary!!

nice pun paul

:-D lol. Seriously, you have a very nice higher ranking overcoat!

paulR do you want to buy it??

No thanks... I appreciate the offer though. I am waiting for that perfect LW admin tunic

Here is my set of Forestry tabs and shoulder boards .They are for a LW Forestry Meister /Hauptmann and were per previous owner ,a uncle of my cousin in Berlin, worn by him at Goering's Karinhalle Forest Estate.The shoulder boards have a silver thread going through the green that makes them sparkel.Both have a gray velvett underlayment.

Here a close-up of the tab.

...and the backsides .

My 2nd set of Forestry shoulder boards , equal to Oberleutnant rank . The boards again have a silver thread going through the green , now on dark green velvett . Boards are still tied together with brownish thread near the eyes for the buttons .

..and the backsides.

Now my lower rank Forestry shoulder boards. Any idea what Forestry rank this stood for ???

...and their backsides .

Bernd the boards and collar patches that you show are not Luftwaffe. Luftwaffe collar patches are black and the last pair of shouldercords that you show are luft sonderfuhrer.

Gary: Thanks for the info . As I recall now, the uncle of my cousin in Berlin , served also on the former Goering Estate after the war as a Forest Meister but for Mr. Hoeniger ,leader of the DDR , since he took over that estate as his private hunting grounds :--so much for everyone being 'equal' in the WORKERS PARADISE ! I had assumed ,since he had worked on Goering's Estate before the war ,that these would be LW FORESTRY items .He gave me his DDR hunting tunic and visor cap when I visited my cousin like one year after the re-unification. I posted these items under the 'East and West-German Police Uniforms ' a while back . Thanks, Bernd .

If you ever want to sell the sonderfuhrer shoulder cords I would be interested in them.

Hi, Nice looking insignia. Does anyone know what the green oak leaf collar tabs on HMSbrinmaric.com are? He is calling them Forestry but after seeing what is here I am not sure. They are good looking tabs though. Thanks

Definetyly not Forestry, I was thinking along the lines of Deutschen Jagerschaft or the Deutchen Falkenorden

Thanks, Laurence