Heer Tropical collar tabs?

[Hauptmann]

Hi all,

Was digging through some boxes tonight and pulled these out. Not in the greatest of shape but it's how I got them in a big group many moons ago.

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Are these possibly Afrika Korps or Tropical officers tabs? If not, any idea what they might be?

Thanks,

Dan

[Mark Gibson]

Hi Dan,

I'm really not quite sure what they are...Reichsheer maybe?

I really couldn't see these as being tropical tabs. Many Officers did place there own collar tabs onto a tropical tunics but I have only ever seen continental tabs. Many just left the em's tabs on the tunics with the only feature identifying them as Officers being the continental shoulderboards. I did once have a tunic with pioneer shoulderboards which had been sew in converted to slip on using tropical tunic material for the tongue, but these were a very unique pair.

Mark

[Mark Holden]

I notice the remains of some dark greencloth could it be that the moths have eaten all the wool and left the cotton base, giving the impression of a 'tropical' set?

Hi Dan,

I'm really not quite sure what they are...Reichsheer maybe?

I really couldn't see these as being tropical tabs. Many Officers did place there own collar tabs onto a tropical tunics but I have only ever seen continental tabs. Many just left the em's tabs on the tunics with the only feature identifying them as Officers being the continental shoulderboards. I did once have a tunic with pioneer shoulderboards which had been sew in converted to slip on using tropical tunic material for the tongue, but these were a very unique pair.

Mark

[Hauptmann]

I notice the remains of some dark greencloth could it be that the moths have eaten all the wool and left the cotton base, giving the impression of a 'tropical' set?

Hi Mark,

No idea on this one... it's possible though. These are just as I got them... the damage already having been done by that time.

It's a shame as I've seen stuff that's been taped, glued with all sorts of glues, clear, black, you name it and put into albums, then later removed, often not very carefully.

I've no idea what I got these for as it was well over twenty years ago and they might even have been a gift or a throw in. If I did buy them then it would not have been for very much... maybe a couple of dollars or so.

Just had always assumed they were tropical due to the khaki material. But as I'm far from an expert in this area I'll have to leave it to more expert minds than mine as to what they really are.

Thanks,

Dan