04-12-2007, 10:04 PM
Sgt. Leo,
Thank you for the info and also showing us your "collectables". There is something really neat about seeing 3 insignias that you know are authentic and (if you'll pardon my pun) "hand picked"off a tunic! This is one area of the war I wish there was more films available about...the sorting out process. I have seen only brief footage of a line of Krauts going through an inspection with their shirts off and left arm raised, looking for the blood type tatoos that identified them as SS. What I would really like to see is what qualified as "de-nazification." My original question about the insignias is because many of the tunics on the militaria market have had insignias removed...and/or replaced post war before they are sold.
Jim