Talk:Schutzstaffel unit insignia

Image at Waffen-SS foreign legions
Hello; first of all, thanks for creating this article! But I also have a gripe: would it be possible for someone to either 1) get hold of a photographically sharper image of the foreign legion insignia, so that the names of the legions would become legible? or 2) (for the contributor of the present image) to provide us with the names in writing so that these could be noted in the caption or below the picture, with a reference to each legions insignius in the image ("Upper row. 1st column: xxx; 2nd column: yyy; 3rd ...", usw.). --Wernher 03:12, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I'm working on it...this article is soon due for a major expansion. For now, what you see is what you've got. -Husnock 8Feb05
 * I think these patches were never issued in earnest. Anyway,I'll have a try. From the top right: A Viking drakkar's bow_5th SS Armoured Division "Wiking" (in theory Scandinavian)///11th SS Mechanized Div. "Nordland" (Scandinavian and Netherlander)///A scimitar_13th SS Mountain Div. "Handschar" (Croatian, made up of Bosnian muslims)///14th SS Div. "Galitzia" (Ukrainian)///15th SS div. (Latvian)///the SA badge_18th SS Mech. "Horst Wessel"///19th SS Div. (Latvian)///20th (Estonian)///??? (either a never-born 3rd SS Latvian Division or the badge issued in theory to the concentration camps' auxiliary jailers)///21st Mountain "Skanderbeg" (Albanian)///A flower_22th Cavalry "Maria Theresia" (Hungarian)///The short-lived 23th Mountain "Kama" (Bosnian Muslim)///A "Wolf's Hook"_23th Mech. "Nederland" & 34th "Landsturm Nederland", both Dutch (so far as I know the latter's collar patch was a 17th century-like grenade)///25th "Hunyadi" (Hungarian)///A three-legged Celtic Swastika_27th "Langemark" (Flemish)///A cross of Burgundy_28th "Wallonie" (Walloon)///29th (Italian) (the Italian SS were issued with red collar patches, although the units that from the German point of view fought gallantly in the battle of Anzio were granted the right to wear black collar patches)///29th & 30th (Russian and Belorussian, transferred to Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army)///????( it seems a Scandinavian Nazi sun badge)(Quisling's party in Norway)///33th (A never-born Hungarian cavalry division)///An Ukrainian Nationalist badge///This sort of Ruthenian double Greek Cross was designed for an Ukrainian, Belorussian or Russian division///Unknown (a Tartar minority from the USSR?)///A Turkmen Wolf?///29th (Russian)(Kaminski's)///Two rifles crossed in diagonal & a German handgrenade_36th Div. (the Dirlewanger's Brigade, a sort of SS penal corps, upgraded in theory to divisional status)///An Indian tiger (Indian Nationalists and former Indian prisoners of war)///The English leopards (British Free Corps).
 * I deleted about the sentence about the not true foreign SS- Members. Obviously wrong as these wore the Sig-Runes on the collar anyway. The special patches for each foreign units were more a psychological tool to inspire them.--Tresckow 09:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:GeneralSSPatch.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:SSRunes.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Mistake?
If I am not very much mistaken, what you call "SS foreign collar patches" are in fact unofficial would-be collar patches that were never issued to the units (the Viking drakkar for the 5th SS division, the cross of Burgundy for the 28th, the SA badge for the 18th &c). The patches are from Robin Lumsden's book on the SS, known in Spain as "Historia secreta de las SS".≈≈≈≈ Juan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.142.175.22 (talk) 10:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

7th SS Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"
Its collar patch seems to have been a sort of "Odal" rune in lieu of the SS runes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.142.175.22 (talk) 09:48, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Norwegian SS Volunteer Legion's collar patch
A rampant lion wielding a battle axe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.142.175.22 (talk) 10:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Sleeve Insignia question
There is a "V" shaped insignia that is used by some members of the SS, usually those of a higher rank. Two prominent figures that use it were Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich. At first glance it resembles an NCO's insignia, does anyone know what this is. It is the insignia on Himmlers right sleeve (left on the picture) here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HHP1.JPG

Douglasnicol (talk) 17:39, 23 November 2008 (UTC)