Chip

No worries with this piece. There is no flood of Flieger straps that I know of. Yes, there are fakes, but most of them are the same, coming from the same source and quite easy to identify. I have not seen any fakes with piping. All the fakes I have seen are unpiped M07/10 examples. The really scarey area is Flieger officer's boards, which are easily assembled with original parts. You can stick an original Flieger insignia on about any kind of board, as many officers continued to wear the boards of the unit that they came from.

What I would like to find is an issue example of this strap. I have other Verkehrstruppen enlisted straps that are Feldgrau with light gray piping, but none from the Fliegertruppen. Still looking....

Chip

Paul,

The Kragenpatten are for a medical officer. The officer's board, at first glance, looks like a post WWI piece. I would have to see a somewhat closer picture of the top to tell you for sure.

Chip

He also appears to have a Winker patch on his right sleeve.

Chip

I think it is fine as well.

Chip

I would vote Saxon pioneer because of the crossed pick and shovel on his shoulder straps.

Chip

Here are some interesting Faden colors. Anyone care to guess who this board belonged to? Red and yellow darts with green strap underlay.

Chip

If Tony & Kaiser said this is a bad piece, I have to disagree with them. It is perfectly all right. Everthing that is "wierd" about it is because it is not an issue piece. The material on the inside is papercloth (Papiergarn), commonly used as a stiffener in private purchase examples. I have seen it many times and probably have an example or two in my collection. This piece is 100% good.

Chip

Hello all,

My first post on this forum. Glad to see some familiar faces and my favorite subject, namely, German shoulder insignia. I have over 700 pieces, so I had to think a while about what to post first. I really like this one.

Chip