Frozzer Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Hi Guys I am looking for information about arm patches and emblems used by zeppelins crew on felduniforms. Could You help me to find some references about this? any book titles where I can find informations, or maybe You have some eqsamples of patches which You could show here?? I want also identify these two patches. This guys are from hauptmann von Quast team, and they was flying on Zeppelin ZIV I am also looking for information about zeppelin base in Diwitten near Allenstein Big thanks Michal Edited February 16, 2014 by Frozzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hello Michael! The patches on your photos are from a "Maschinist" (engeneer) There were only two arm-patches. This propeller fpr engeneers, and a steering wheel for helmsmen. The Z IV was the LZ16: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozzer Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hi, thanks Is possible also that the man from first pgoto was a machinegun schotter also having an engeneer patch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I´m not sure. This man only has the patch of an engeneer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozzer Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Maybe You know why they had the same patch but in different colour ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I can´t believe, it´s another colour. Those patches were red-piped with a white insignia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozzer Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 please take a look, It's clearly visible that patches are in different colour I think that guy wich is standing on right had a red colour patch, but the one wich is lying on a floor looks like to have it in a different colour, maybe white or yellow ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yes, it seems so. But I only have the infos, that they were white. Maybe someone has other infos? That would be interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 The man on the floor might have the metallic thread version, so that the propellars appear brighter. Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 There were only two arm-patches. This propeller fpr engeneers, and a steering wheel for helmsmen. There was also a radio operator's patch and I think a searchlight one as well. These may not have been official, but I have seen them being worn in crew photos. Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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