Uniform Removed EM SS BEVO Rank Tab Set

Product Description: This uniform removed EM SS BEVO Rank Tab Set is an outstanding and very desirable piece of Waffen-SS insignia. Both the SS runic tab and the rank tab are Bevo machine woven, making this a rare tab set to find. Both of the tabs have stitch holes around the edges, as these were originally factory machine sewn to a uniform collar. Both tabs have a slightly ribbed look to the black background which is typical for these Bevo pieces. On the runic tab, the SS runes are perfectly executed in silver-gray thread. The rank tab is for the lowest SS enlisted rank, with no indication of rank pips or Tresse ever having been applied. The reverse of each tab shows a neatly folded backing, with a mix of white lattice and tan buckram being used for the internal stiffeners. There is no RZM tag. This EM SS BEVO Rank Tab Set remains in excellent condition, with no stains, tears or other damage, and only extremely slight toning.

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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