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Sewing tips: The following are the wartime regulations for sewing on SS sleeve insignia:

  • Sleeve eagle: 16cm down from the shoulder seam centered on the left arm.
  • Rank chevrons or national shields (when worn in the early, upper-sleeve position) are to be placed 1.5cm below the sleeve eagle, (on the left sleeve) centered.
  • National shields for foreign volunteers were sewn to the lower arm (just above the cuff title) before 1944; on the upper arm (below the sleeve eagle) starting in 1944
  • SS Insignia placement was notoriously cavalier: Just to make things worse, the SS were particularily known for taking great personal liberties with their insignia and its' placement irrespective of regulations. We strongly recommend you consult the SS insignia books by John Angolia for more details.

 

German Waffen-SS Sleeve Insignia

Last Updated: February 9, 2009
All items are Reproductions unless blatantly noted other wise!

Waffen-SS Insignia Main Page

Sewing Bevo Insignia:
1. Trim the border material about 1/4-1/2 inch from the actual insignia.
2. With a warm iron or fabric cement, roll the border back and crease along the edge of the insignia.
3. Sew patch on.
Yes, this is a pain in the rear.
Warning!
1. Trimming the border off at the edge of the insignia will result in fraying or the patch.
2. Using too hot a setting on the iron can melt the insignia.
Wear: SS sleeve eagles, rank pips and chevrons are worn on the left sleeve.
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"First Pattern" Sleeve Eagles
First model sleeve eagles issued to the Waffen-SS from 1935-1938.  These have the "dipped wings" and the head turned to the right. Machine embroidered. Excellent for SS-VT impressions.
EM $10.00
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EM Sleeve Eagle, 2nd-Pattern, BeVo
Grey machine-woven BeVo style.
$10.00
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EM Sleeve Eagle, 2nd-Pattern, Embroidered
Grey embroidered.
$10.00
EM Sleeve Eagle, BeVo, Tropical
Tan eagle on black. Used on the tan tropical as well as the camo ("44 dot") tunics. As the tan is rather dull, it looks good on any combat tunic. (It looks like an "old" gray eagle.)
$10.00
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First Pattern SS Officer Sleeve Eagle
 Hand embroidered wire.
$20.00
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Officer Sleeve Eagle
 Hand-embroidered sliver bullion, for officer's of all ranks to include SS Generals. These were occasionally seen on NCO uniforms as a private purchase item.
$20.00
SS General Officer's Sleeve Eagle
Sepp Dietrich Sleeve Eagle
 Hand-embroidered with gold bullion thread. Dietrich appears to have been the only SS General to use the gold eagle.
$20.00
 

SS-OberschützeSleeve Pips $10.00 each
Only one pip is worn, on the upper left sleeve of the tunic.

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Sleeve Chevrons $10.00 each
Only one chevron is worn, on the upper left sleeve of the tunic.

Sturmmann:
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Early/mid-war

Late-war
subdued
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Tropical
Rottenführer:
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Early/mid-war

Late-war
subdued
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Tropical

Foreign Volunteer Armshields
$10.00 each

Machine-embroidered National armshields for the international volunteers in the Waffen-SS. 
Below is a list of the pertinent ones to the Waffen-SS; more can be found on the Heer Insignia page.
These are worn on the lower right, lower left, upper right or lower right sleeve depending on the unit and time frame. You will have to research the unit that interests you and decide for yourself wear you wish to wear it.

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British

 volshield_denmark.jpg (19599 bytes)
Denmark
Sold Out 		volshield_dutch.jpg (19072 bytes)
Holland		 volshield_estoniaSS.jpg (17077 bytes)
Estonia
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Flanders
(1st pattern)		 volshield_indien.jpg (21846 bytes)
Free India

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France

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Hungary
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Latvia
(2nd pattern)		 volshield_latvia.jpg (19528 bytes)
Latvia
(3rd pattern)		 volshield_norway.jpg (20707 bytes)
Norway		 volshield_walloon.jpg (19239 bytes)
Walloon

Waffen-SS Mountain Troop Sleeve Edelweiss
 This is some of the best reproduction SS insignia we have ever seen. The thread is the correct weave and color, the wool base feels correct, and even the backing material looks like the real thing!
One worn per tunic on the right sleeve.

Standard SS-Gebirgsjäger: sleeve_SSedelwEM.jpg (23036 bytes)
EM
$10.00		 sleeve_SSedelwOff.jpg (24258 bytes)
Officer
$15.00
SS-Bergführer:
(Mountain Guide)
(This was the insignia introduced in
October 1944 to replace the
previously-used Heer pattern.)		 sleeve_SSedelw_BrgfrEM.jpg (20777 bytes)
EM
$10.00		 sleeve_SSedelw_BrgfrOff.jpg (22474 bytes)
Officer
$15.00

 
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