C-719 Machine Woven (BeVo) Waffen-SS Enlisted
Man’s Cufftitle for the 18.SS-Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division “Horst
Wessel”
The 18.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division “Horst Wessel”
was comprised mostly of “Volksdeutsche” (ethnic Germans). The
approximate 14.75” long cufftitle is machine woven (BeVo) in pale grey thread
with one grey border stripe along the top and at the bottom. The letters are
very clear. The band material is quite thin and as usual with BeVo
weaving, the title lettering is totally flat. The reverse of the band has the
correct salt and pepper pattern (clearly a BeVo Wuppertal weave), with the
Division name as a negative image (black). Each end of the band has very light
fraying to the edges, and there is a bit of staining to the grey lettering and
border stripes. It also looks as if a Veteran may have taped it to his
scrapbook, as there are remnants of three pieces of tape attached vertically to
the cufftitle, of approximately .75” in width. The only a small detractor to
this scarce piece of very desirable SS cloth!
$900.00
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Item C-719
