NCO RANK BUTTONS, HOW WERE THEY ATTACHED ?

[oradour]

HI EVERYBODY ,
CAN ANYONE OUT THERE TELL ME HOW THE NCO RANK BUTTONS WERE ATTACHED TO THE COLLAR :???: I HAVE A COLLECTION OF THE BUTTONS, LARGE & SMALL BUT UPON STUDYING PERIOD PHOTOS THEY SEEM TO FLUSH FIT :? , ALL THE BUTTONS I HAVE HAVE NORMAL BUTTON BACKS & LOOK LIKE THEY ARE TO BE SEWN ONTO THE COLLAR, BUT THIS WOULDNT MAKE THEM FLUSH TO THE COLLAR :-? DID THEY HOLE THE COLLAR & FASTEN ON THE INSIDE , JUST CURIOUS.
THANKS ORADOUR, (STEVE LEE).

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

DID THEY HOLE THE COLLAR & FASTEN ON THE INSIDE

Steve that is exactly how it was done. A hole was punched through the collar and then a split pin was inserted through the loop to secure it.

 

[oradour]

HI ,
QUICK RESPONSE , THANKS FOR THAT, I THOUGHT AS MUCH, JUST WANTED IT CONFIRMED , THERE IS PLENTY OF PICTURES OF TUNICS FITTED WITH THESE DEVICES , BUT NONE SHOWING THE METHOD OF FASTENING BUTTONS TO THE REVERSE OF THE COLLAR
REGARDS, STEVE LEE, ORADOUR.

 

[ES-SINN]

HI STEVE,
I HAVE SEVERAL NCO BUTTONS IN MY COLLECTION. ALL HAVE THE STANDARD LOOP FITTING EXCEPT THIS 25MM SIZED PRUSSIAN GEFREITER BUTTON WHICH HAS A CLIP FITTING.

CHEERS,

RICHARD.

 

[oradour]

THANX 4 THAT RICHARD, I DID SPOT ONE LIKE YOU DESCRIBE ON E BAY A SHORT WHILE AGO, I HAVE 15 BUTTONS, (SERGENTEN/GEFRIETER) IN MY COLLECTION, ALL BAR ONE HAVE BUTTON TYPE SHANKS, THE OTHER HAS A FIXING AS ON RANK PIPS, 2 PRONGS THAT OPEN UP WHEN PUSHED THRO.
REGARDS, STEVE.

 

[Stahlhelm]

Here's a tunic on which the Gefreiter button shanks were pushed through very narrow slits and attached to the collar with loop clips.

 

[oradour]

HI ,
THATS A GREAT PICTURE , JUST WHAT I WANTED TO SEE ,
THANKS , STEVE LEE .

 

[b.loree]

Excellent gentlemen! Once again, you have proven how invaluable this forum is to collectors. Well done. Brian