If this isn't allowed, I'm sorry. But google fails me. I've been searching and all I could find is that this is a cap badge with 3 prongs. I've found what silver ones mean, ones with years and Rank letters. But mine is bronze and barren on the back. My grandfather was a navy medic and a soldier gave this to his as thanks for helping him. So anyone know what the rank or meaning is? History buffs out there? Anyone? Bueller, Bueller?
That's the Reichsadler: the coat of arms of Nazi Germany. A lot of WWII German military personnel wore that thing on their caps, especially SS troops.
Haha, when you said SS, I thought you meant Super Soldier XD. Had to look that up. So bronze was just a non ranking foot soldier or something?
That's not too far off the mark, seeing as the SS thought of themselves as Aryan supermen. I'm not sure if different versions were produced for different ranks, although it's certainly possible (other armies have similar practices). Admittedly, I'm more a Pacific Theater enthusiast than a European Theater one.
It's not a rank insignia at all. It's the thing that goes in a cap. German rank insignia was (and still is) based on pips on increasingly fancy shoulder boards. It'll help more if you see one in-situ. Like this Waffen SS cap:
Thanks, I know it was from the cap, but I don't get why I can only find silver ones when the one I have is bronze. That's why I thought rank might be a factor.
Could be from a General level officers cap. Of it's from a service branch that uses brass coloured cap badges.
Were they made from actual silver? Some other metal could explain the bronze discoloration. I always find WWII stuff really neat.
