L016189 SIGNALS HAUPTMANN'S COLLAR TAB. (Kragenspiegel)

BACKGROUND: The Reichsluftwaffe was officially established on February 26TH 1935 as the third branch of service of the German Armed Forces. On March 9TH 1935 the formation of the new Reichsluftwaffe was announced to the foreign press and on March 16TH conscription was reintroduced for all three branches of service. On May 21ST 1935 the Reichsluftwaffe designation was altered to Luftwaffe. Collar tabs were adopted by the newly formed Luftwaffe on April 14TH 1935 and followed the basic pattern of the collar tabs that had been utilized by the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the Luftwaffe’s clandestine civilian forerunner. The collar tabs were worn in matching pairs and indicated the branch of service and rank of the wearer. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated specific identifying waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with light brown being chosen for personnel serving with Nachrichtentruppen, (Signals), units which was generally displayed as the base color of the collar tabs.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Light brown wool construction collar tab with three, hand embroidered, rank "gulls" positioned above an oak-leaf, half-wreath in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads. The collar tab is piped in fine, twisted, bright, silver/aluminum, cord and mounted on a buckram backing.

GRADE ****                             PRICE $49.00

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