Paul R Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 I want to share with you all some insignia that just arrived today. I would be floored to find a tunic badged with any of this insignia!!This first photo is of the entire ranking table of Civilian LW Fire Service shoulder boards. The strange ones with the carmine and silver cords, I have not a clue as to what they could be.
Paul R Posted March 12, 2008 Author Posted March 12, 2008 This next photo contains:upper row from the left:LW Field Police Oberst boardPre 1938 Band Leader Official, NCO, to a flight unit!lower row, from the left:Judicial Sonderfuhrer(Wartime Official), High Grade CareerA set of Obermeister tabs with the Air Traffic Control, pre 02Nov1940 configuration.
Paul R Posted March 12, 2008 Author Posted March 12, 2008 I have one more set on hold, and waiting to pay it all off. It is equally amazing! I will post the individual photos into the relevant reference threads.Thanks for looking!!Paul
Paul R Posted March 12, 2008 Author Posted March 12, 2008 Thanks Ulsterman!! I got these from a forum member! They were not cheap and I had to sell some things to get them. Wait until you see what is coming!! It is not considered grandiose by most, but it should blow some socks off of some LW collectors!
Laurence Strong Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 Very nice find Paul. All you need now is a General's tab
nesredep Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 Hello!Stunning finds,congratulation.Come to a good HOME. All the bestNesredep
Guest Rick Research Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 The orange Oberst is a match for Gendarmerie (Police).I've never seen luftwaffe tabs with metal wreath and the 3-cornered admin "pips" before-- were such metal insignia standard from that pattern?
Paul R Posted March 13, 2008 Author Posted March 13, 2008 The orange Oberst is a match for Gendarmerie (Police).I've never seen luftwaffe tabs with metal wreath and the 3-cornered admin "pips" before-- were such metal insignia standard from that pattern?Thanks Rick! There could not have been that many LW Gendarmerie Obersts! I know that this waffenfarbe was incorporated into the LW in Jun43.Yep, the metallic pips and wreath were used up until 1938, on the first pattern Air Traffic Control Officials tabs. This is the only set of these I have seen. They boards would have had the red nebenfarbe with the light green base color. I have never seen any of those boards, either. I bet that these tabs and boards would look really sharp on a LW blau tunic!Thanks NesredepYou are right Larry... I definitely need to move on that tab, now that things have quieted down a bit!!
Guest Rick Research Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 Nooooo, not Luftwaffe Gendarmerie... Police Gendarmerie.Very neat metal tabs!
Laurence Strong Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 Hi PaulI sure like those metal pips This is what Rick is talking about.Gendarmerie Meister
Paul R Posted March 13, 2008 Author Posted March 13, 2008 Gendarmerie Meister Thanks Larry,I understand what you are saying. The Gendarmerie branch color was more of a burnt orange(if I am remembering correctly). The shoulder board is a very viberant orange. It does not match any of the Gendarmerie boards I have seen.
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