Collar Insignia - Officers |
| The standard "collar tab" was called a
Kragenpatte in German. The term "patte" could refer to
the entire insignia, or to just the backing. |
Doppellitze - (double
braid) mounted on Kragenpatte (Collar patch) The coloured stripes consisted of Mittelstreife (Middle
stripe) |
The page on Enlisted Men's collar insignia provides a brief history of this insignia, and the many changes in such. For officers, there appear to have been fewer changes, and while Enlisted Men's collar insignia was changed to create "universal" patterns, German officers retained their branch - affiliations throughout the war.
As the war progressed, officers did choose to wear Enlisted Men's uniforms and insignia while in the field, but the specific insignia authorized for wear did not seem to vary from the insignia described below. There were no "universal" collar patches, either in field grey or "tropical" pattern, etc., for officers.
FIELD
DRESS |
Doppellitze - light grey
artificial silk Kragenpatte - dark green cloth to match the new collars Mittelstreife - dark green to match the new collars Litzenspiegel - waffenfarbe |
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FULL
DRESS |
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Officers insignia was obviously of higher quality than that worn by enlisted men. This example of a collar patch is in heavy metal wire. |
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Collar tabs for an armoured officer; pairs came from the manufacturer attached by thread as shown here. Note the difference in construction compared to the patch above, particularly the coloured waffenfarbe stripes. |
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As was true for Enlisted Men's collar patches, the tabs came in right and left pairs conforming to the shape of the collar. |
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