DDR East German Cloth

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  Laurence Strong said:

Just got this one today

Infantry Musician Sr NCO

Good stuff, these devices and pips are often harder to come by than the shoulder boards! Kevin

[Laurence Strong]

Thanks Kevin. I jumped on it when I saw it

Some more that came in todays mail, I paid 2euro each, fiqured that was not to bad.

Stasi

Soldat, Gefreiter, Unteroffizier

[Laurence Strong]

Combat

Unteroffizier, Unterfeldwebel

[Paul R]

Laurence,

You are building one heck of a nice shoulder board collection. The musician and Stasi boards are stunning!

Paul

[Laurence Strong]

This has something to do with the Uneteroffizier level, but I don't know what. it was a freebie from the seller.

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  Laurence Strong said:

This has something to do with the Uneteroffizier level, but I don't know what. it was a freebie from the seller.

It's a "Winkel" worn on the lower right sleeve of a non-career soldier. A "Dopplewinkel", two chevrons, represented a career soldier. Kevin

Edited December 13, 2005 by ehrentitle

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  Laurence Strong said:

Combat

Unteroffizier, Unterfeldwebel

Good buy. for some reason all of the subdued NCO boards from Unterfeldwebel on up have escaped me. I believe I have every other set of subdued boards except General Officer. Ironically I have several bundles of Unteroffizier subdued boards. Kevin

[Laurence Strong]

Volksmarine

Maatrose, Maat, and I am not sure what the third one is. I thought it was a Fahnrich, but has no pips.

Edited December 13, 2005 by Laurence Strong

[Laurence Strong]

Last are 2 naval officer ones without pips also. The sewin boards were passed off as TR one's.

Edited December 13, 2005 by Laurence Strong

[Laurence Strong]

Hi Kevin Thanks again, I keep looking it's kinda fun, I've found a pair of stitched bau ones with the shovel, should own them tommorow if all goes well

[Laurence Strong]

Well...it's a few days past "tommorrow" (see previous post)

here's the Bau pair with the shovels

Edited January 25, 2006 by Laurence Strong

[Laurence Strong]

A Grenztruppen Cuff band for some kind of watch unit

Edited January 25, 2006 by Laurence Strong

[Laurence Strong]

Stasi Watch Regt

[Paul R]

  Laurence Strong said:

A Grenztruppen Cuff band for some kind of watch unit

I have never before seen this one!!

[Laurence Strong]

Yeah I am interested in what it is.

[Paul R]

I have a simular patch on a police tunic here:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=2...indpost&p=21401

I was told that it was for a security guard!

Regards

Paul

[Paul R]

Here is the entire tunic!

[Laurence Strong]

Hmmm....they must have a different definition of the word "Security Guard" than we do BTW nice tunic Paul

Edited January 26, 2006 by Laurence Strong

[Paul R]

Thanks Larry! What translation do you have?

Paul

[Laurence Strong]

Ummm.....big fat guy at the local mall

[Paul R]

Too funny! I have noticed a difference in our insignia.

Mine ends with "...schutz" and yours ends with "...wacht". I wonder if there is any difference? The still mean pretty much the same... right?

Paul