Original German WWII Waffen SS Temporary KZ-Guard Right Side Collar Tab Rear Sight Assembly A lightened and thus more

A lightened and thus more portable version - by "stepping-down" the upper rear and lower forward corners of the original MG 08's rectangular-outline receiver and breech assembly - was tested as a prototype in 1915 by a team of weapon designers under the direction of a Colonel Friedrich von Merkatz - the MG 08/15

with both slouches affixed with a cockade and small leather washer under it

Years of Manufacture: 1874-1886

with no signs of markings having been scrubbed

WEIGHT 778 LBS 1943

Original German WWII Waffen SS Temporary KZ-Guard Right Side Collar Tab Rear Sight Assembly A lightened and thus moreOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice right side Collar Tab, used by the Waffen SS to indicate a temporary guard at a KZ camp. These were members of other branches of the armed forces who were not members of the SS, but were serving as "temporary" guards. The tab is a parallelogram with sides measuring 2 3 8" x 1 5 8". Known as Kragenpatte in German, these were attached to the collars to indicate the rank and branch of the