Indische Freiwillige Legion der Waffen-SS

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Post by Filippov 125 » 10 Oct 2006, 16:05

Does anyone have access to a picture of the collar patch given to the soldiers of the Free India Legion when they were transfered to the SS?
I only ever remember seeing one picture of it up close, and it may have been in an Osprey book, the last one in the series about the SS divisions. Unfortunatley, now I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone help me?

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Post by Phil Nix » 15 Oct 2006, 11:46

Here is some data from Die Freiwillige
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Post by Rand » 15 Oct 2006, 17:34

Hello Filippov 125, here is a scan from David Littlejohn's 'Foreign Legions of the Third Reich Vol 4.'
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Post by Rand » 15 Oct 2006, 17:35

This one I mean...
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Post by Askold » 15 Oct 2006, 20:23

Thats actually fake tab. Original is nicely filled in, and done in similar fashion to the Wolf's head tab.

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Post by Filippov 125 » 15 Oct 2006, 20:29

Thank you so much Rand.

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If it were filled in, would it look like the original?

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Post by Rand » 23 Oct 2006, 03:51

Came across this on Wehrmarcht Awards Forum. The individual who posted it is Bob Hritz, a moderator there. He states that this is 100% real.
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