OUTSTANDING Original WWII German Luftwaffe (Airforce) “CUT OFF” OFFICER UNIFORM REMOVED Collar Tab With Uniform Cloth Certified

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Original WWII German Luftwaffe (Airforce) Officer  Collar Tab Flak Leutnant Certified.  The Luftwaffe pattern wool construction flak red collar tab. The Reichsluftwaffe, (National Air-Force), was officially established on February 26TH 1935 as the third branch of service of the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces). On March 9TH 1935 the formation of the new Reichsluftwaffe was announced to the foreign press and on March 16TH conscription was reintroduced for all three branches of service. On May 21ST 1935 the Reichsluftwaffe designation was altered to Luftwaffe, (Air-Force). On April 14TH 1935 collar tabs were adopted by the newly formed Luftwaffe which followed the basic pattern of the collar tabs that had been utilized by the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the Luftwaffe’s clandestine civilian forerunner. The collar tabs were worn in matching pairs and indicated the branch of service and rank of the wearer. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated specific identifying waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with light brown being chosen for personnel serving with Nachrichtentruppen, (Signals Troops), units which was generally displayed as the base color of the collar tabs. Of Note: Further production of collar tabs was discontinued by regulations of October 12TH 1944, although on hand stocks were to be issued and collar tabs already issued continued to be worn. red wool collar tab with a single hand embroidered “gull” and an oak-leaf half-wreath in silver/aluminum bullion threads. Tabs are piped in twisted silver/aluminum cord. . The collar tabs are mounted on gray collar Uniform cut off removed. Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base. Uniform removed collar with the uniform cloth still attached to the back (see photos) and its original thread pattern! A true U.S. Veteran “Cut-Off” from a German Luftwaffe Uniform! in used but good condition. From a U.S. Veteran.  100% guaranteed to be authentic. Complete museum documentation (COA) Provided. Certified by The Gettysburg Museum of History. People who have been to our museum and have viewed our collection know we have a large collection of “cutoffs”. We try to get them whenever we can. In most case “cutoffs” were taken from dead German soldiers as a WAR TROPHY. Cutting off eagles and other insignia was a U.S. Combat solider’s trophy like a Native American’s scalping it showed your were there and you killed an enemy combatant. We decided to let a few go to make room for more! The Gettysburg Museum of History does not support or condone Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party and is only offering this as a historic relic. Please see our other items.  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. BIG PIECE DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!  SEE OUR VIDEO ON WAR TROPHIES (we talk about cutoffs)