Rules around wearing SS- cuff titles

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I saw a picture the other day of a SS soldier with an Adolf Hitler Cuff title but the photo was taken in Arnhem during the battle. The LAH was not there and believe this soldier was a member of another unit fighting in the area. What are the rules wearing the cuff title - if you transfer to another division - then you change it or do you keep it - if you are doing a course then you keep it - where can I find the rules please for the wearing of cuff titles in late 1944.

Thanks

Scoyy

[Georg_S]

To My knowledge some soldiers was allowed to wear the armband as an tribute to their old unit, or sometimes they hadnt the time to change after an transfer.

A Good example of an tribute armband is the SS-TV Oberbayern , with just a skull. Ex members of that unit was allowed to wear Them even if they should wear the armband "Totenkopf"
Another is ex members in LSSAH who could carryon to wear "Adolf Hitler" even after transfer to the HJ division

//Georg

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Thanks Georg - I know you are very knowledgable in these areas but what evidence is available to prove this if possible?

[von thoma]

Member HPL2008 wrote about this matter in 04-06-2016 ;


On the subject of wearing the unit cuff title of a former duty assignment:

The bestowal of a name and an associated cuff title to an SS unit was considered an honor. The prestigious cuff title contributed to the unit's esprit the corps in no small way and was proudly worn by all.
Upon transfer to a new duty assignment, the cuff title of the former unit was to be replaced by that of the new one; if the new unit had not - or not yet - been given its own cuff title, the old one was to be removed and none worn at all. (This was often the case with German cadre personnel for newly-raised foreign volunteer formations during the war.)
Naturally, the latter was an extremely unpopular rule, and the transferees frequently continued to wear their old cuff titles, which was generally tolerated. Eventually, this common practice was officially permitted by an order of August 1943. (In the case of re-assignment to a new unit that had a cuff title, the old one was still to be replaced by that of the new unit.)
Normally, only one unit cuff title was worn (current or previous assignment), but sometimes they were worn together. In the case of former members of the "Freikorps Danmark" who went on to serve with the "Danmark" regiment, this was even officially permitted, with the old one authorized as a traditions badge.


On the subject of wearing more than one cuff title:

In addition to unofficial practices, there were cases in which wearing more than one cuff title was correct. In addition to unit cuff titles, the SS also had branch cuffbands (such as those for military policemen and war correspondents) and school cuffbands (such as those for the officer schools at Bad Tölz and Braunschweig). Officer candidates undergoing training at an officer school wore the school cuffband in addition to that of their regular unit; personnel entitled to a branch cuffband also wore it in addition to their unit cuff title (In both cases, obviously only if they had a unit cuff title to begin with). This resulted in the wearing of two cuff titles, and I have even seen a photograph of a Norwegian war correspondent and officer candidate wearing three: Unit, branch and school title.
The simultaneous wearing of more than one cuff title in this way was prohibited by the August 1943 order.

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Thank you so much von Thoma!