Original Item: Only One Available. The SS (Schutzstaffel) was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Führer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of Germany eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied Europe.

Here we have a fantastic unissued condition right side SS Officer's Collar Tab, with the standard ᛋᛋ doppelte Siegrune (Double Sig/Victory Rune) bullion wire embroidered insignia, with a braided bu. The tab measures approximately 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". Known as Kragenpatte (Collar Flap) in German, these were attached to the collars to indicate the rank and branch of the wearer. This example is made of black fabric with aluminum bullion thread and an internal buckram fabric stiffener.

This example is in excellent condition, and does not have any signs of ever being attached to a uniform. There are no stitch holes, stitches, or other signs of use. This officer's version was used for the ranks of SS-Untersturmführer (SS-Second/Junior assault leader) up to SS-Obersturmbannführer (SS-Senior assault unit leader), equivalent to Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) up to Oberstleutnant (Lt. Colonel).

Amazingly, the inner side still features the original RZM tag, which is a complete example, though it does have some tearing. The tag has a correct “B” tax code and features a ((RZM)) logo as well as the ((ᛋᛋ)) Doppelte Siegrune (Double Sig/Victory Rune) insignia. The ink stamped numerical designation of the Hersteller (manufacturer) is A4 and has the lot No 7382 beneath it.

A great example of a very rare SS Officer's collar cab, ready to add to your collection!

The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf AH, (Shock Troops Adolf AH), and was redesignated Schutzstaffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer-Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Troopers) on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by AH by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party). The SS developed the distinctive SS style cap skull and cross bones on October 6TH 1934 and introduced the SS pattern national cap eagle in February 1936. After their introductions the skull and eagle were to be worn on all forms of SS headgear. In 1944 the SS developed a single piece of cap insignia which incorporated both the skull and eagle on a one piece trapezoid base for wear on the M43 field cap. Originally these trapezoidal pieces of insignia were produced in a machine woven version until a final, embroidered version was introduced in late 1944. The first versions of the trapezoidal cap insignia featured dual rows of teeth in the skull while later versions only had a single row of teeth. Panzer personnel’s cap trapezoids were produced with a black base to match the color of the cap it was to be worn on.