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shoulder patches german army ww2
stefanuccio
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 02:33 PM UTC
hallo all
how do i recognaise shoulder patches/straps of the german army of ww2?
do the have different colours according to the speciality?
if they do is it a way to recognaise the different units of wehrmacht and s.s.
thanks
regards
stefano
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 02:50 PM UTC
Hi Stefano.
Hopefully these images explain what you need to know
The colour indicates what branch. The collar indicates SS or Heer. The epaulattes indicate rank.






stefanuccio
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 - 01:04 PM UTC
hallo frank
thanks very much for your very illustrative replay this is very esplicative anwers all mat questions thanks again
ciao stefano
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 - 01:54 PM UTC
Hey Stefano,
Here's a few sites that may be of help:

Waffenfarbe

SS Waffenfarbe

Waffenfarbe on Wikipedia

Cheers

jjumbo
stefanuccio
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Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 02:47 PM UTC
hello john
tanks for your excellent suggestions
ciao
stefano
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Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 06:01 AM UTC
here is a really useful link not just for germans for all nations just use the serach insignia tool

http://www.uniforminsignia.net/

hope this hepls

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