Description
Collar tabs with stripes of dark green "bottle" color (mod. 1938) — for field uniform of the Wehrmacht (Heer). In this form, they were used for a short time before the outbreak of World War II (approximately from 1938 to 1940). They could be used later along with a tunic (in the German army it was not customary to change insignia, clothes were worn as it was issued).
The price is for a couple of collar tabs (kit for one jacket).
These BeVo collar tabs (woven) are the total copy of the originals. Original "Litzen" were made in the form of a tape, and before sewing they were cut and bent in a special way to get "reels".
In the pre-war years the tabs were folded into "coils" by professionals in factories and, most likely, by templates, so their shape and accurate stiching was simply amazing. When they began to sew the collar tabs directly to collars (approximately from 1939), the quality of sewing fell slightly.
Historical reference.
Collar tabs on a dark green background with stripes in a branch colour (Waffenfarbe - "color of weapon") introduced by order of September 10, 1935 (from 1935 to 1939 the collars were dark green). And in 1938, to simplify the supply of troops, buttonholes were introduced for all branches of the armed forces without colored stripes.
It was common for the German army and military industry to use already produced parts completely out, even after the official replacement was issued. This rule could be traced in everything, it did't pass the collar tabs too. After the introduction of common collar tabs they kept sewing previous model of tabs with colored stripes, and this lasted mass until 1940 (judging by photos and original uniform pieces, that we can study today).
Inexperienced reenactors often don't know this historical fact and are guided by a simplified scheme: jacket 1940 means eagle and tabs 1940. That's is correct in general, but not typical for the selected period.
