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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 05:10:46 AM

Title: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 05:10:46 AM

Hi guys,

I've got the Warlord SS Charlemagne set and there are a couple of figures with a patch on the left arm that I cant quite figure out. There's the obvious eagle patch and then the patch for the french tricolour but there's one triangular patch in-between those two on three of the figures. Any ideas?

Also two of them have what looks to be the green on black rank insignia on the right sleeve. Shouldn't this be on the left sleeve?

All help much appreciated :)

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Truscott Trotter on 23 September 2015, 05:28:12 AM

You mean like this?
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee510/ascot99/a35a2bd6-c7f5-4463-8031-6c7b16c615f3_zpsigc6v8xb.jpg)

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 07:14:16 AM

Ah yep thats it thanks! So it's just a private's rank insignia. They painted one of them up in a camo pattern so it had me confused as I didn't think they included those on the camouflaged patterns.

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Phil Robinson on 23 September 2015, 07:31:21 AM

Corporal or lance-corporal. You are correct there was a system of bars for camo uniforms, although this was not always obeyed.

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 08:27:36 AM

Thanks for that. Any idea about the bars being on the left sleeve?

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 08:37:16 AM

Sorry right sleeve

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Phil Robinson on 23 September 2015, 08:44:42 AM

Quote from: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 08:37:16 AM

Sorry right sleeve

Don't know without seeing the figure, it could be possibly be a tank destruction award.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Destruction_Badge

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 08:51:24 AM

Awesome thanks. Both are carrying panzerfausts so that seems likely. Nailed it!

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Truscott Trotter on 23 September 2015, 11:57:03 PM

Quote from: Auspainter on 23 September 2015, 08:37:16 AM

Sorry right sleeve

Feck spent ages finding a photo of the left sleeve - most show the right - no eagle but has French flank and rank insignia
There are some with round badges too and the tank destruction ones are rectangles.

(Mod edit - link removed)

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Argonor on 24 September 2015, 01:01:09 AM

I'm afraid that second link is in violation of forum rules - the page linked contains pictures with SS-insignia.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=9125.0

Title: Re: Need help with some SS rank insignia
Post by: Auspainter on 24 September 2015, 06:58:00 AM

Great I'll do them up as the tank destruction ones. Cheers guys