Panzer Collar Tab Single

Product Description: This Panzer collar tab single is an outstanding early piece, with great visual appeal. The tab is made from a high quality finely woven black wool fabric, which still retains nearly all of the original surface nap. It’s a factory made example, with typical machine stitching throughout. The edge of this tab is adorned with early style pink wool piping, indicating membership in a Panzer unit. The center of the tab features a very nice aluminum skull emblem. It shows little or no wear, and has a slight age patina. The reverse of this tab shows a tan buckram backing. There is a purple ink stamp on the backing which could be a manufacturer marking. Both of the original brass alloy prongs on the skull emblem are intact. There are some extra holes in the backing, indicating this tab had another skull in the past. Stitching holes around the edge of the tab show where this was once affixed to a black Panzer wrap intended for issue to an enlisted man or NCO. This Panzer collar tab single is a desirable piece of German Army insignia, in excellent condition.

Historical Description: Collar insignia, in the form of collar tabs (Kragenspiegel) or simple woven Litzen, were very widely used by many German civil, political, military and paramilitary organizations, before and during WWII. In some cases, for example on collar tabs of the Luftwaffe, the collar insignia were rank specific, with devices or rank Tresse that changed as a soldier was promoted. In other cases, such as the pre-1938 Litzen used on enlisted field tunics of the German Army, the collar insignia had no rank identifier, but bore “Waffenfarbe” branch colors that identified a soldier’s unit type. Some German collar insignia were adorned with unit or branch specific metal emblems, while others featured hand or machine embroidery, and still others were made using hand applied wire bullion. Less commonly, collar insignia emblems could be directly applied to the collar itself, rather than being a removable patch. Collar insignia intended for field use was often different from the formal dress insignia used by the same organization. It is no exaggeration to say that many hundreds of different collar patterns were in use during the Third Reich, with some organizations having multiple patterns as regulations changed during the 1933-45 period. Some collar insignia, which was mass produced for large organizations, remains relatively common today, while other insignia types such as those for officers of the highest ranks, or for small organizations, are very scarce.

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