$365.00
Condition: Near Mint
In stock
Product Description: A textbook and exceptionally well-preserved Allgemeine SS Oberscharführer rank collar tab, intended for wear on the left side of the black service tunic. The body is constructed of prewar, high-quality black SS badge cloth, carefully formed around a tan buckram stiffener. The center is adorned with two finely executed aluminum rank pips, their tombak prongs visible on the reverse.
The edges are finished with the distinctive twisted silver-and-black cord piping, neatly hand-sewn with hidden stitches—precisely as expected on original early SS insignia. The reverse displays the folded wool edges, with the proper buckram backing fully intact.
This example shows no evidence of ever being stitched to a uniform, remaining in outstanding near mint condition. The crisp wool, untouched piping, and unmounted state strongly suggest this was an unissued piece.
An extremely desirable and authentic Allgemeine SS Oberscharführer collar tab, combining quality construction, perfect originality, and superb condition—an excellent opportunity for the advanced SS insignia collector.
Historical Description: Regulations for the SS Collar Tab went through quite an evolution in just a short 16 year period. The first SS Collar Tabs were introduced in 1929 by Heinrich Himmler as part of the newly introduced SS uniform code. Initially, tabs were worn by both lower rank SS men and their senior leaders. Lower ranks would wear a rank tab as well as a numbered unit identification tab, with senior leaders wearing their rank tabs on both collars. In 1933 the well known “SS” runic tab was adopted by Hitler’s personal body guard detachment, the “Leibstandarte” or “LAH”. The LAH used this runic tab in lieu of the numerical unit identification tab to identify them as members of the elite unit protecting the “Führer”. In 1934 the runic “SS” tabs were again adopted for use by the early “SS-VT” units. This adoption eventually led to the wide spread use of SS runic tabs by German Divisions; the later non-German volunteer units would not be permitted to wear the runes, and bore their own unit designed patch instead. SS Collar tabs can be found in an extraordinary variety of numbers, designs, and pipings depending on unit and rank, from hand-embroidered tabs worn by officers to mass produced embroidered and machine woven types that were used on combat uniforms.
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