devincu

Hello Gents, I recently acquired this armband in a US Vets Grouping that was in a Tank Destroyer unit during WWII. There is a lot of paperwork and notes from the vet about his time in Europe but nothing about how or where he received this armband. He did write Sept 8, 1944 on the top of the leather patch sewn to the item, but that is all I have to go on. The colors look like Belgium colors to me and that is why I assume it is from that country. Thank you for any comments you might be able to give on this armband as I have not been able to find anything that matches it. Devin

Thank you for the kind replies and ...Yes I have posted on other forums as well...In all my years of collecting I have never found such a complete and rare set. Unfortunately I am probably going to be forced to sell this wonderful set because of a surgery my wife is needing. The problem is that I want to be sure that the set stays together and is not split up so I only want to sell to a collector. I have the US vets uniform jacket (and photo of him) that brought it home also so I want to make sure it all stays together.

Thanks guys I really dont collect SS stuff but I was glad to accept it from him as he was going to throw it in the trash! I would like to show you guys close ups of the uniform but I guess I am at my photo posting limit??

Hello I am new to the forum and I would like to show you the uniform I found in a friends attic a few days before Christmas this year. His father was a Private First Class in the US 2nd Infantry Division and came onto Omaha Beach D-Day X 2 From the story I am now getting from the man is his father was part of the group that liberated Leipzig-Schönefeld which was a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. I guess his father found this uniform at the camp because some of the SS Soldiers that were working there changed out of their uniforms into civilian attire when the US forces were getting close. Anyway this uniform was sitting in my friends fathers attic for years. He said his brother and him used to dress up in the uniform when they were kids playing WAR. I hope you enjoy the photos and any comments or questions are welcome.