Regulations were followed by the SS its a Reenacting myth that they were not Bobby like many well known members of the SS could bend the rules . As for the rest they had to follow them if you care to some research you will see this fact see the photo below 5 members no using insignia to you photo of one man wearing itTHE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. wrote:cheers Franz,
but the germans weren't the best soldiers when it came to obeying regulations!
plenty of evidence of that mate.Even Josef Dietrich ignored Hitlers orders for the LAH to remove their titlecuffs. so to be accurate, some regulations will be ignored as they were in reality.
the point i'm making is that, despite the regulations,they were at times ignored, and thats the reality of it all. otherwise there would not be any evidence of it happening, i proved it by producing the photo of Bobby Woll's disregard to the regulations. so don't jump down my throat mate. i'm just revealing the truth of what happened in reality.
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Thanks Franz, i used to wear them on my oakleaf tunic, but i removed them many months ago.
Thanks for your insight.
Thanks for your insight.
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Right - this is properly top of my pet hates now - German soldiers just not doing the impression correctly. If anyone in the forum has a large enough megaphone, can they please point it in the direction of the Waffen SS in the 1940s and shout really loudly to them that they're just letting the side down!
Epaulettes and arm eagles on undershirts? Epaulettes on cammo tops? Swastika armbands in the field? Fashionable knitware balanced jauntily with an army belt? WHAT ARE THESE IDIOTS DOING?
These chaps clearly have no idea what reenactors wear in the twenty first century as period correct. Don't they know that Himmler and the other high command spent all day every day training high powered telescopes at the eastern battlefields purely to ensure that no non-regulation uniform was worn? Honestly, it cheap, amateurish, a wehrmacht myth and needs to stop!
Epaulettes and arm eagles on undershirts? Epaulettes on cammo tops? Swastika armbands in the field? Fashionable knitware balanced jauntily with an army belt? WHAT ARE THESE IDIOTS DOING?
These chaps clearly have no idea what reenactors wear in the twenty first century as period correct. Don't they know that Himmler and the other high command spent all day every day training high powered telescopes at the eastern battlefields purely to ensure that no non-regulation uniform was worn? Honestly, it cheap, amateurish, a wehrmacht myth and needs to stop!
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Even more 1940s muppets getting it all wrong - lol!
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I think it's not a case of 'this was NEVER done' but more a case of 'this was NOT USUALLY done'.
Most of your photos show officers or senior ncos? Just the sort who can afford to do and get away with doing these practices. When you are tasked with buying your own uniform, as officers were, then you have more scope for the personal touch.
It would be just as wrong to adopt these as the norm for the simple soldier as it would to deny they happened.
When you find the photos of a whole zeug so adorned then perhaps we shouldn't be so guarded?
Whilst it is just the odd officer and nco we should keep it to such impressions?
Most of your photos show officers or senior ncos? Just the sort who can afford to do and get away with doing these practices. When you are tasked with buying your own uniform, as officers were, then you have more scope for the personal touch.
It would be just as wrong to adopt these as the norm for the simple soldier as it would to deny they happened.
When you find the photos of a whole zeug so adorned then perhaps we shouldn't be so guarded?
Whilst it is just the odd officer and nco we should keep it to such impressions?
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Lol quite amusing
Thing is these guys who wear bling on their camo gear and the odd "un-regulation" attire are usually Officers and they can
get away with anything lol, as for the usual "stubble-hopper" the norm usually applies (oh you've beaten me to it Stig lol)
Regards Peiper
Thing is these guys who wear bling on their camo gear and the odd "un-regulation" attire are usually Officers and they can
get away with anything lol, as for the usual "stubble-hopper" the norm usually applies (oh you've beaten me to it Stig lol)
Regards Peiper
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The term 'Fallshy' to describe fallschirmjager that so makes me cringe!
You're losing.you're losing, you're losing your vitamin c
Egyptian Kings packing their things!!
I keep this picture to keep my hate strong!
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Egyptian Kings packing their things!!
I keep this picture to keep my hate strong!
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I hate with a passion WHITE socks
Wenn ich dumm bin, lassen sie's micht entgelten;
wenn ich recht hab, wollen sie mich schelten. Goethe
wenn ich recht hab, wollen sie mich schelten. Goethe
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AGREED. Fusslappen can be had at almost any vendor for 3 dollars or less, cheaper than most tube socks anyway, so there is really no excuse not to have period correct foot coverings. Or even have mama or granny knit you a pair of socks from wool yarn, as if a gift from home. There really is no excuse.Jugend Repper wrote:I hate with a passion WHITE socks
Obergefreiter Bodo Fehrmann
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Derweil ich eben lad'.
Kann dir die Hand nicht geben,
Bleib du im ew'gen Leben
Mein guter Kamerad!"
II./984. Grenadier Regiment, 275. Infanterie Division
"Will mir die Hand noch reichen,
Derweil ich eben lad'.
Kann dir die Hand nicht geben,
Bleib du im ew'gen Leben
Mein guter Kamerad!"
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Thats a good idea lolvalkyrie895 wrote:. Or even have mama or granny knit you a pair of socks from wool yarn, as if a gift from home. There really is no excuse.
Even wearing green "Ami" socks which i sometimes do
(only got x3 pairs German type) if at an event for more
than a few days and have ran out of clean German ones lol
i say they are "captured" ones, better than wearin modern
white ones anyway lol
Peiper.
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Who wears white socks in civvie life out site of the gym or sports hall?
Another 90's hangover to go with goaties?
Pipes? You can wash them at events? Gives the punters something to watch and you something to do.
Another 90's hangover to go with goaties?
Pipes? You can wash them at events? Gives the punters something to watch and you something to do.
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Thanks Stig didnt think of that lol
Where's Valkyrie get his three dollar German socks from??
i could do with a few of them lol
Pipes
Where's Valkyrie get his three dollar German socks from??
i could do with a few of them lol
Pipes
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You should not be wearing cotton socks at all, they are hell on your feet.
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Cheers SheikhSheikh Al Stranghi wrote:You should not be wearing cotton socks at all, they are hell on your feet.
I dont mate, i usually wear the German wool "ringed" ones
but was just saying only got x3 pairs, i have a couple of green
wool US issue ones as spares but only wear those if ive used all
the German ones up lol.
Was just saying where's there a cheap dealer of German
"ringed" socks, i could do with a few more pairs, the ones in
the UK as you probably know are about a tenner a pair lol
Cheers Pipes