'Reinhard Heydrich' Cuff Title

[us82bravo]

While sorting some stuff, I came across this cuff title.  I've had it for a while.  It came in a group of miscellaneous militaria I got from a "picker".  He had no information on any of the items.

I'm not a Reich collector so I took this to two people in my area who are "TR" collectors.  One said he thought it was a reproduction, the other wasn't sure but "would take a chance on it for XXX dollars".  I had searched the internet for similar items and had found several variations of this title and the related values.  The $xxx offer was considerably less than values found.  

 

The title piece is approximately 14 3/4" long, 1 1/16" wide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Difficult to see in the last photo is an additional piece of fabric (of a different weave) covering the lettered area denoted by the single silver thread.

 

 

I have my own opinion on this piece but would appreciate any comments you may have.

 

Thanks for looking.

Larry
 

[earlymb]

I would also post it on the War Relics forum, they have a few specialists in these kind of things.

[Tom Kibler]

That looks like a killer flat wire to me!  Very nice too....  Salty, yet seasoned.  Sweet!!

[John4022]

Wow, what a original beauty! Yes the $XXX offer is too low!!! Definitely a scarce cufftitle.

[us82bravo]

Gentlemen:

 

Thank you for your responses.  They are appreciated.

 

I felt that this title was an original 'tunic removed'  flat wire form 2 piece based on my limited research on the internet.  I know that there is nothing like having it in hand to recognized reproductions from originals, but I had nothing available for comparison.

 

Again, thank you for your comments.

 

Larry

[Zk4298militaria]

boy are you lucky what a find!

[Milihfra]

Very nice cuff, I missed my chance at a really nice flatwire one like this a few years back so lucky you! Much harder to find then the Bevo version.