Paul R

UPDATE: IAW Uniforms and Insignia of the Luftwaffe Volume 2: 1940-1945 by Brain Davis, Pages 18-24, this insignia in question represents an: LS-Obertruppmeister in the Reichsluftschutzbund(RLB) -National Air Raid Protection Service. Description: Lilac collar patch with three single three point stars... perfect match! One mystery Solved!!! Paul

Slow day at work today so I did a little poking around and came up with... Reichswetterdeinst was established in 1934 and I assume was active until the fall of Berlin in 1945. The Meteorlogical Service of the GDR was established in 1950 and was replaced by the Deutscher Wetterdienst in 1952. The DWD is still the weather authority in Germany today. I will do some more searching to see if the RWD was an independant organization or if it was run by the Luftwaffe. Update... It seems that these guys were a part of the Luftwaffe and wore the uniform of a Beamte. Here is an interesting read, although it is in German... it does answer a few questions... the bottom line is that these tabs remain unknown. I dont believe that they are TR period German. http://www.gyges.dk/RL-6%20Chef%20der%20Luftfahrt.pdf

Looks like they are supposed to be some sort LW admin ranking... perhaps for an overcoat. Interesting. I have never seen anything like them... The aging looks funny though. I thought that meteorological service used the dark green admin tabs. I will have to double check my references! That raises another question... was there a National Meteorlogical Sevice that was independant of the Luftwaffe?

Gary.... DONT DO IT Thanks for the info Adam. We are trying to figure out the manufactoring process for these tabs. Please do not damage your tabs!! Mike, Welcome to the forum! Awesome website!!

Ed, Thank you for your fine additions to this thread! The Romanian's had some beautiful Orders!!! What is the rarity of these orders you posted? Paul

Thank you! It is nice to see how these tabs are put together!! Does the colored fabric seem glued to the tab or is it simply wrapped around the stiffener?

Is there a citation that spells out what the awardee did to earn this rare(relatively) honor?(Re Partisan Medal)?

Nice! You have all of the WW2 Campaign medals!!! Both Partisan Medals too!!!

Dolf! Thank you for sharing your extensive collection with us! Very colorful! I bet that most are quite rare!!

I love the pre HK Austrian bar!

I agree! I would love to find more these.

Scott! That is a unique eagle! Can you please post the rest of the tunic?!?

Your reserve tabs are awesome!!! I like how they show the different methods of construction! I would love to find more of these!! Paul

Thanks Antti!

Great to see you here Adam! Can you get a pic of the back side! Awesome piece of family history!

Yeah! Me too! In color!

Hi Larry, The lighter blue EM tabs are for supply/early field police. Thank you for your compliments. I would love to see yours all together sometime! I know that you have a lot of choice specimens! TSD actually had two waffenfarbes... Weinrot for Judicial lightblue for Administrative Services TSD was open only to officers. It was established in 1944. I have the Judicial Oberst. I have the light blue examples for a Leutenant arriving any day. Paul

I do not have any 57 awards yet! The RK with Oaks definately sparks my interest! Are any of your EKs maker marked? Thanks for posting them Larry!!! Paul

Somking collection of Heer/SS badges! Where did you find the curio cabinet! It is great! Did it come with the light?

Please stay tuned as I will add more as they come!!! Paul

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This is where I am to this date... More on the way soon!!! Collecting tabs and tunics of the Luftwaffe are a passion for me. I look at these and wonder what the men who wore each set did on a day to day basis. It is something to look a certain waffenfarbe and be able to tell which ones spent their careers behind a desk and which were in the field.