SS Runes Tunic Removed Collar Tab – BeVo

Product Description:  A period example of the SS Runes Tunic Removed Collar Tab – BeVo, woven in the distinctive BeVo style and exhibiting clear evidence of having been removed from a combat-worn tunic. The runic device remains sharply defined, with the tab presenting in excellent overall condition.

The piece displays honest wear concentrated along the edges, including areas of thinning to the cloth consistent with service use. The overall appearance conveys an authentic, field-worn character. The reverse reveals perimeter stitching from its original application, light fading to the cloth, and small remnants suggestive of adhesive residue from a later period. The internal stiffener is a replacement, inserted at some point to maintain the tab’s form, and is not original to the piece.

Despite these noted alterations, the SS Runes Tunic Removed Collar Tab – BeVo remains a well-preserved and historically representative example, retaining strong visual presence and evident period character.

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 bodyguard 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 widespread 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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