Description
Very nice quality, black doeskin wool construction cufftitle with hand embroidered Sütterlin style script, “Großdeutschland” in silver/aluminum bullion thread. The cufftitle is bordered at both the top and bottom edges in a bright silver metallic Russian braid. The reverse of the cufftitle is the typical opened back type. This example is the earlier 3rd pattern cufftitle as introduced on October 7th 1940. On its introduction the 3rd pattern cufftitle had this script hand embroidered in silver/aluminum bullion threads as seen here. In mid-1944 this was altered to machine embroidered script in silver/grey threads. The 4th and final pattern cufftitle was introduced in late 1944 and altered the script from the Sütterlin style to the Copperplate style script. Overall a very sought after piece of German insignia!
Note – The Guard Regiment Berlin, was given Infantry regiment status and renamed Großdeutschland Infantry Regiment, on June 12th, 1939. Special uniforms and insignia were introduced on June 20th, 1939 including the distinctive cufftitle and shoulder board/strap cyphers. Originally introduced for wear by all ranks, the Großdeutschland cufftitle was produced in at least four variant patterns during the war with minor modifications. Although the earlier pattern cufftitles with the hand embroidered bullion script are often referred to as Officer’s types, there was no differentiation between the Officer and EM/NCO cufftitles.
