Signal Whistle Lanyard Colour

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Signal Whistle Lanyard Colour

Post by Konzert-Meister »

Afternoon,

Can anyone shed some light on the colouring system of signal whistle lanyards?

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Most of the war time whistles were green, different shades existed. Prewar to early war were often brown in colour. I've heard red and white existed, but have yet to see an original one.
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The lanyard on my original whistle is black. I was always led to believe black was for SS and Police.
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Post by Rudolf Ochse »

I'm not sure but i heard that the whistle lanyards where in the soldier his perference. They could be bought in shops. But again, i'm not sure.
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There is an original colour picture of an infantry officer with a red whistle lanyard if I remember correctly, I had also read that it was down to personal choice.
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Braided mine from an old boot lace:

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