Heer Medical Officer Collar Tabs

Product Description: This is a beautiful, matching pair of Heer Medical Officer Collar Tabs. These feature machine embroidered emblems, neatly executed in silver-gray thread on a backing of typical German Army bottle green badge cloth. Each emblem includes two embroidered stripes in cornflower blue thread, indicating assignment to a Sanitäts (medical) unit. These embroidered tabs are less common then the hand embroidered style; this variant likely appeared after the outbreak of the war. The dark green backing on these is of the type used on field and service uniforms. The reverse of these Heer medical officer collar tabs offer a view of the stiffener material inside. These tabs show no mothing, tears, discoloration, or other damage, and appear to be unissued, with no signs of ever having been affixed to a tunic. They are in excellent plus 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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