An interesting cuff band.
Machine embroidered Umsiedlungskommando title, with gothic script,
circa 1940.
Ex-rare title, worn by the SS resettlement detachment formed to help repatriate Volkssdeutsche from the area of Ukraine/Bessarabia in 1940.
Their exploits can be read here Nr. 1: Die Umsiedlung der Volksdeutschen aus Bessarabien im Jahre 1940.
Photographs exist of the title being worn with SD style uniforms, and SS insignia.
Any further information would be gratefully received.
Peter.
circa 1940.
Ex-rare title, worn by the SS resettlement detachment formed to help repatriate Volkssdeutsche from the area of Ukraine/Bessarabia in 1940.
Their exploits can be read here Nr. 1: Die Umsiedlung der Volksdeutschen aus Bessarabien im Jahre 1940.
Photographs exist of the title being worn with SD style uniforms, and SS insignia.
Any further information would be gratefully received.
Peter.
