
Gilles
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Wessel badge?
Gilles replied to UKR -'s topic in Germany: Third Reich: Organisational Membership Badges & Tinnies
Wouldn't silver have a mark? -
Gilles started following Shoulder Strap, Did they read the description??, Interesting combination... :-) and 4 others
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Interesting combination... :-)
Gilles replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: Weimar Republic & Deutsche Freikorps
Brian, I agree with the black backing for the FK and provisional RW but I would have thought that the badge was just private purchased. A very nice picture of a member of the III. Abteilung! -
Unknown arm badge
Gilles replied to dante's topic in Germany: Imperial Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Personal Equipment
Could be Freikorps, compare with the badge of the "Freie Nachrichten-Truppen" shown in Ingo Haarcke's reference book #621.1 page 106 -
Of all the pictures with the patch shown in this long thread, only the posts #1780 and #1785 do show the sleeve badge being just pinned or maybe lain on the sleeve (for the time of the picture?). Both have in common that they were shot in a studio, not in the field. Maybe they just show two pioneers that have been given the badge and were eager to show off and went to the photographs's, before having it properly sewn on. Regards G.
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It could be the sleeve insignia of the Freikorps Elisabeth. A German dealer offers it: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Freikorps-Totenkopf-Armelabzeichen-Berlin-1919-Original-/201278855199?pt=Militaria&hash=item2edd27981f What surprises me is that both your insignias show the very same conditions and stains (check several places) Did he just use your pictures? Regards Gilles
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I'd be very surprised, when you consider the density of the collectors & dealers in this very city that no information on a specific Hamburg distinction ever trickled to one of them (Weitze, Patzwall, Niemann, Hüsken, Blass & many others) and then to the net. To my opinion, this document of this arm award that has the form of a breast award is not trustworthy. G.