German Cloth Branch and Rank Insignia

Here is a view of the back. This patch was only worn for a very short period of time, prior to 1933, when it was replaced by the armband. This is a very scarce insignia in this condition.

This is silver bullion wire on black silk.

It measures 65mm by 85mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. This patch was only worn for a very short period of time, prior to 1933, when it was replaced by the armband. This is a very scarce insignia in this condition.

This is silver bullion wire, red and black silk floss on white wool  embroidered on black wool with a course woven stiffener.

It measures 2-5/8 inches by 3-1/8 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the backs of the 1928, 1931, 1933, and a 1933 with some damage at the bottom edge. These are very scarce insignia in this condition.

Each measures 3/8 inches high by 2-7/8 inches wide.

The overall condition is near excellent with the exception of the slightly damaged 1933 shown at the bottom at the left.

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Here is a view of the back. This patch has predominant green leaves and green border with brown stem on green wool felt.

It measures 55mm by 78mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. This patch has predominant green leaves with lighter green veins and light green border with brown stem on green wool felt.

It measures 59mm by 69mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. This patch has predominant green leaves with silver veins and white border with brown stem on green wool felt.

It measures 55mm by 78mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. This patch has predominant green leaves with light green veins and gray border with brown stem on green gauze hemmed in green.

It measures 55mm by 78mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. This patch has thin medium green leaves, shiny white flower petals and yellow center with very fine gray border loops. It is on dark green wool felt.

It measures 55mm by 66mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. This patch has green leaves, off-white flower petals and pale yellow center with medium gray border loops. It is on dark green tight woven silk..

It measures 64mm by 75mm, approximately.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. This patch has the unit ID of the TeNo organization. It is silver bullion silk floss and woven silk. There are no maker marks present.

It measures approximately 65mm by 90mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is green and white with pale yellow sun silk floss on tan cotton.

It measures approximately 2-3/4 by 3-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is near excellent. It is unissued.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver bullion wire and woven brown silk.

It measures approximately 68mm by 38mm.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is blue and grey silk floss embroidered on brown twill.

It measures approximately 60mm by 42mm.

The overall condition is near very good. It is used and was removed from a uniform

Here is a view of the back. It is red and grey silk floss embroidered on brown twill.

It measures approximately 60mm by 42mm.

The overall condition is near very good. It is used and was removed from a uniform

Here is a view of the back. It is heavy silver bullion metal thread on black wool.

This is a very scarce insignia

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 4 inches.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent, with some signs of deep tarnish. It is used.

Here is a view of the back. It is gold silk thread woven on black silk.

It measures approximately 3 by 4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is gold silk thread woven on black silk.

It measures approximately 3 by 4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

This is a nice cap eagle in exceptional condition.

Here is a view of the back. It is yellow gold thread woven on dark blue silk.

It measures approximately 2-1/2 by 2 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

This is a very minty example of this patch.

Here is a view of the back. It is black, off-white, and silver-gray thread woven on black silk.

It measures approximately 3-3/4 by 2-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is black, off-white, and silver-gray thread woven on black silk.

It measures approximately 3-1/2 by 2-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is light gray thread woven on medium blue border and charcoal gray silk.

It measures approximately 2-1/4 by 4-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It has a RZM maker marked paper tag on the back.

It measures approximately 2-3/8 by 3-3/4 inches overall, as shown.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It has a RZM maker marked paper tag on the back.

It measures approximately 2-1/8 by 3-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It has no maker marks.

It measures approximately 2 by 2-3/4 inches as shown.

The overall condition is used, gently removed from a uniform, still near excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It has no maker marks.

It measures approximately 2 by 1-3/4 inches as shown.

The overall condition is near excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver bullion metal thread on dark green wool.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3-7/8 inches.

The overall condition is near excellent. It is used, and was carefully removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver bullion metal thread on dark green wool.

It measures approximately 1-5/8 by 3-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is near good, with edge wear as shown. It is used, and was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back. There is no backing material. It is silver bullion metal thread on medium green wool felt.

It measures approximately 1-7/8 by 3-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is near excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver bullion metal thread on light green wool felt.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 4 inches.

The overall condition is good with some wear, deep tarnish, and a few worn threads at the top of the wings. It is used.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver bullion metal thread on gray sewn to gray-green wool.

It measures approximately 2 by 4-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint and unissued..

Here is a view of the back. It is silver bullion metal thread on gray sewn to gray-green wool.

It measures approximately 2 by 5 inches.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent.  It has threads at the wing tips and bottom of the wreath from when it was tacked into a combat album.  It is otherwise near mint and unissued..

Here is a view of the back. It is metal silver bullion thread on black wool, with no backing material.

It measures approximately 3 by 1-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is metal silver bullion thread on black wool, with paper backing.

It measures approximately 3-3/4 by 2 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is metal silver bullion thread on black wool.

It measures approximately 2-1/4 by 1-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is fair to good. It is well used, and it was removed from a hat.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver gray silk floss woven on dark gray silk and silver gray embroidered border.

It measures approximately 1-7/8 by 4-3/8 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint. It is unissued.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver gray silk floss embroidered on green wool.

It measures approximately 3-1/2 by 7-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is medium gray thread woven on medium green border and medium green silk.

It measures approximately 2 by 4-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is medium gray thread woven on medium green border and medium green silk.

It measures approximately 2-1/4 by 5 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is an unusual shade of forest green silk with a gray silk thread BeVo woven eagle.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 4-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on desert tan wool and edged in cotton.

It measures approximately 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on HBT gray-green wool and edged in cotton.

It measures approximately 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on dark green wool and backed in cotton.

It measures approximately 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is brown silk thread embroidered on dark green wool with silver bullion stripes. It is apparent the second stripe was added in the field.

It measures approximately 3 by 3-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is gray silk thread embroidered on dark green wool with silver bullion stripes.

It measures approximately 3 by 3-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is gray silk thread embroidered on dark green wool with dark gray stripes.

It measures approximately 2-3/4 by 3-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent.  There is a small hole above the pip from when it was mounted on a display.

This is an exceptionally rare wing. Here is a view of the back. It is heavy two-tone gold bullion wire embroidered on very dark gray wool. The tops of the wings, beak, talons, and swastika are a bright gold bullion wire and the remainder of the eagle is a more subdued yellow gold wire.

This is an outstanding wing.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is near excellent, with some very minor tarnish from age.

Here is a view of the back. It is heavy silver bullion thread embroidered on very dark gray wool. This is a very early "droop tail" design.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is used, with tarnish, near very good.

Here is a view of the back. It is heavy silver bullion thread embroidered on dark gray wool. This is a very early "droop tail" design. The black linen cloth backing is pulled from one wing as shown.  There is some minor damage to the top of one wing silver bullion.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3-3/8 inches.

The overall condition is good to near very good.

Here is a view of the back. It is heavy silver bullion thread embroidered on black wool.

It measures approximately 1-1/2 by 3-3/8 inches.

The overall condition is near very good with some minor wear to the silver bullion wire.

Here is a view of the back. Note the complete intact paper backing. It is two tone silver wire bullion thread embroidered on very medium gray wool. Note the smooth curves and upswept wings on this near mint device.

It measures approximately 2 by 3-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is heavy silver bullion thread embroidered on gray wool.  It has an intact black linen backing. Note the wing tip is not clipped, the wool backing is slightly folded over.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is thin silver wire bullion thread embroidered on very medium gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-5/8 by 3-1/8 inches.

The overall condition is near excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is heavy silver bullion thread embroidered on gray wool.  It has an intact paper backing. Note the relatively straight top and rounded tips on the wings on this interesting variant.

It measures approximately 1-1/2 by 3-3/8 inches.

The overall condition is excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is heavy shiny silver bullion thread embroidered on gray wool.  It has an intact linen backing. Note the gray body and droop tail on this interesting variant.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3 inches.

The overall condition is excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is a VERY heavy silver bullion coiled wire embroidered on black wool. The detail is outstanding throughout. It has some blue threads on the back from when it was mounted on a visor hat.

It measures approximately 3/4 inches (20mm) in diameter.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray thread embroidered on black wool.

It measures approximately 1-1/4 by 2-5/8 inches.

The overall condition is very good. It is used, and was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back. It is white thread embroidered on gray wool.

It measures approximately 2 by 3-5/8 inches.

The overall condition is good to very good, with some very slight damage to the lower arm of the swastika. It is used, and was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back. It is cream color silk thread embroidered on medium gray wool. It is slightly larger than usually seen.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to nearmint.

Here is a view of the back. It is shiny silver-gray silk thread embroidered on medium gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 3 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to nearmint.

Here is a view of the back. It is shiny silver-gray silk thread embroidered on dark charcoal gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-1/2 by 3 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is shiny silver-gray silk thread embroidered on dark charcoal gray wool.

It measures approximately 2 by 3-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is shiny silver-gray silk thread embroidered on black wool.

It measures approximately 1-1/2 by 3 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is shiny silver-gray silk thread embroidered on dark charcoal gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-1/2 by 3 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the applied black linen back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on medium gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-7/8 by 3-7/8 inches.

The overall condition is very good with some slight wear to the gray wool..

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on medium gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-7/8 by 3-7/8 inches.

The overall condition is very good with some slight wear to the gray wool..

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on medium gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-7/8 by 4 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on dark gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-5/8 by 3-7/8 inches.

The overall condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is shiny silver-gray silk thread embroidered on medium gray wool. This is a slightly larger version of the one shown above. It is still mounted on a piece of the uniform tunic, which was cut, lining and all.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 4 inches. The overall size is 4-1/4 by 2-1/8 inches.

The overall condition is good to very good, with some minor holes in the felt.

Here is a view of the back. It is silver-gray silk thread embroidered on dark gray wool.

It measures approximately 1-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is cream tan thread embroidered on desert tan cotton.

It measures approximately 2-3/4 by 4-3/4 inches.

The overall condition is near excellent. It is used.

Here is a view of the back. It is two-tone gold bullion wire with goldenrod yellow heavy twisted floss highlighting color threads embroidered on dark blue-black wool with a white linen backing.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 4 inches.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent. It is used. There is some tarnish from age.

Here is a view of the back. It is goldenrod yellow heavy twisted floss highlighted with bronze color threads embroidered on dark blue-black wool with a gray linen backing.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 4-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent. It is used.

Here is a view of the back. It is goldenrod yellow heavy twisted floss highlighted with orange color threads embroidered on dark blue-black wool with a black linen backing.

It measures approximately 1-3/4 by 4-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is very good to near excellent. It is used.

Here is a view of the back. It is bright yellow floss highlighted with black color threads embroidered on dark blue-black wool with about 85% of the original paper backing.

It measures approximately 1-1/2 by 4-1/8 inches.

The overall condition is very good, with some nips in the felt at the right wing, as shown. It is used.

Here is a view of the back. It is goldenrod floss color threads embroidered on black wool.  The eagle is very detailed.

It measures approximately 1-7/8 by 4-1/2 inches.

The overall condition is mint.

Here is a view of the back. It is yellow gold thread woven on medium green cotton.

It measures approximately 1-3/8 by 3-1/4 inches.

The overall condition is excellent to near mint. It is unissued.

Here is a view of the back. It is yellow gold thread woven on medium tan cotton.

It measures approximately 1-3/8 by 3-1