Heer Unidentified shoulder straps

[Brett Hendey]

A friend, who is a collector of German militaria, has acquired the pair of unidentified shoulder straps shown below. The stamp on the underside may read "2nd Panzer Ersatz Div", or something similar. They are unlike any shoulder straps he has seen previously. Can anyone identify them?

One possibility is that they are not German at all. The straps surfaced in South Africa and South African troops in World War II wore orange shoulder straps, although the only ones I have seen were made of felt. If they are indeed South African, perhaps a captured stamp was used to embellish an otherwise plain part of uniform.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Brett

[all1knew]

A friend, who is a collector of German militaria, has acquired the pair of unidentified shoulder straps shown below. The stamp on the underside may read "2nd Panzer Ersatz Div", or something similar. They are unlike any shoulder straps he has seen previously. Can anyone identify them?

One possibility is that they are not German at all. The straps surfaced in South Africa and South African troops in World War II wore orange shoulder straps, although the only ones I have seen were made of felt. If they are indeed South African, perhaps a captured stamp was used to embellish an otherwise plain part of uniform.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Brett

Brett,

What purpose would that stamp serve on the shoulder-boards? Looks fantasy to me.

William Kramer

[Brett Hendey]

William

Many thanks for your suggestion. I agree. Since there were no other responses to my enquiry, the would-be purchaser of the item returned it to the would-be seller.

Regards

Brett