Item Description
Original Items: Only One Set Available. This is a collection of five pieces of German World War Two Waffen SS insignia. They are all offered in very good to excellent condition and consistent of the following pieces:
- Waffen SS Sleeve Chevron
- Hungarian SS collar tab
- 29th Russian collar tab
- 31/M47 collar tab. The lettering and numbers are metal pins. This was a NSSK unit who did motor transport for the SS.
- SS collar tab
Each is back in black wool. The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was the armed wing of the NSDAP Party's SS organisation. Its formations included men from NSDAP Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and un-occupied lands.
The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, and served alongside the Heer (regular army), Ordnungspolizei (uniformed police) and other security units. Originally, it was under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS operational command office) beneath Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW),[3] with some units being subordinated to Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS (Command Staff Reichsführer-SS) directly under Himmler's control.
Initially, in keeping with the racial policy of NSDAP Germany, membership was open only to people of Germanic origin (so-called Aryan ancestry). The rules were partially relaxed in 1940, and later the formation of units composed largely or solely of foreign volunteers and conscripts was authorised. These SS units were made up of men mainly from among the nationals of NSDAP-occupied Europe. Despite relaxation of the rules, the Waffen-SS was still based on the racist ideology of NSDAPsm, and ethnic Poles (who were viewed as subhumans) were specifically barred from the formations.
Members of the Waffen-SS were involved in numerous atrocities. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was judged to be a criminal organization due to its connection to the NSDAP Party and direct involvement in numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity. Former Waffen-SS members, with the exception of conscripts, who comprised about one third of the membership, were denied many of the rights afforded to military veterans.
- Waffen SS Sleeve Chevron
- Hungarian SS collar tab
- 29th Russian collar tab
- 31/M47 collar tab. The lettering and numbers are metal pins. This was a NSSK unit who did motor transport for the SS.
- SS collar tab
Each is back in black wool. The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was the armed wing of the NSDAP Party's SS organisation. Its formations included men from NSDAP Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and un-occupied lands.
The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, and served alongside the Heer (regular army), Ordnungspolizei (uniformed police) and other security units. Originally, it was under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS operational command office) beneath Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW),[3] with some units being subordinated to Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS (Command Staff Reichsführer-SS) directly under Himmler's control.
Initially, in keeping with the racial policy of NSDAP Germany, membership was open only to people of Germanic origin (so-called Aryan ancestry). The rules were partially relaxed in 1940, and later the formation of units composed largely or solely of foreign volunteers and conscripts was authorised. These SS units were made up of men mainly from among the nationals of NSDAP-occupied Europe. Despite relaxation of the rules, the Waffen-SS was still based on the racist ideology of NSDAPsm, and ethnic Poles (who were viewed as subhumans) were specifically barred from the formations.
Members of the Waffen-SS were involved in numerous atrocities. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was judged to be a criminal organization due to its connection to the NSDAP Party and direct involvement in numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity. Former Waffen-SS members, with the exception of conscripts, who comprised about one third of the membership, were denied many of the rights afforded to military veterans.
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