BDM Kletterweste- press stud insignia

[enthusiast]

Gentlemen,

Would appreciate some help with this one. It looks like a good, standard BDM jacket to me, in terms of cut, materials etc. Compares well to several others I have. However I wonder about the sleeve insignia: they are attached by sewn-on press-studs, likely for ease of removal and washing? I've seen the white summer Wehrmacht and SS tunics with such removable insignia, but not yet encountered such on a BDM or HJ piece.

Photos are the dealer's, so apologies for quality and blanked-out hakenkreuz.

Thanks for looking!

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[Pimpf359]

Hi, this form of patch attachment was also used by the BDM and the HJ, which made caring for the jackets or shirts easier.

 

[Garry]

Yes indeed. Here's a photo showing press-studs being used to attach this chap's new rune sleeve patch over the old Oberbann patch:

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It looks like a "Gebietsaufmarsch Neumünster 9. Juli 1933" - sorry for the bad picture that covers the swastica. Thank you (y)

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[enthusiast]

thank you for the info.

 

[Chlodwig]

Hi Enthusiast , it has been a common practice during the Third Reich to care for everything that costs money. Even the patches were probably RM 0,30 and people those days tried to protect these patches from being washed out. Have attached for you a triangle that might have been rubbed off or washed out .

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