Original German WWII Waffen SS EM/NCO Left Sleeve Eagle Insignia with SS-Oberschütze Rank Pip - Uniform Cut Out

Original Item: Only One Available. The SS (Schutzstaffel - 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Führer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of the NSDAP and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied Europe. When WWII began in earnest, the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) (SS Dispositional Troops) became the Waffen-SS ("Armed SS"), an official military branch of the SS organization. Its formations included men from NSDAP ruled Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands.

This is a lovely field cut out left sleeve section from a Waffen SS Feldgrau wool uniform, measuring approximately 4"W x 5"H, removed in the field by a USGI and brought home. The edges are a bit rough, and it looks like it was cut out with a knife or maybe some type of shears. Definitely not done using a proper set of cloth cutters! It has a lovely correct 2nd Pattern BeVo machine embroidered EM/NCO SS-Ärmelhoheitsabzeichen (SS-Sleeve Allegiance Badge), made with tan thread on a black background. This looks very much to be a tropical style eagle, however this is definitely not a tropical uniform, being made from the usual wool. It is machine stitched to the fabric in the correct fashion with black thread on both sides.

Below this is a round SS-Oberschütze Dienstgradabzeichen (Rank Pip) badge, showing an embroidered rank pip on a black circle. This was only used with the enlisted rank of Oberschütze (Senior Rifleman), equivalent to a U.S. Army Private First Class.

A great Waffen SS cut off sleeve insignia set, ready to display!

The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf AH, (Shock Troops Adolf AH), and was redesignated Schutzstaffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer-Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Troopers) on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by AH by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party).