Great material.
It would be logical also shoulder-straps with the RS abbreviation were in use, in brown.
It may have been provisional, but for that there is not proof. Its use is stated with a
photograph from mr. Clyde Davis in the
Military Advisor-Magazine. The photo must
be from 1938, as a special triangle is being worn.
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With the
Organisationsplan from October 19, 1935, which was published in the
Verordnungsblatt, the various cities were mentioned.
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The various triangles came into being in spring 1938, according to the
Reichsbefehl 10/III
from March 18, 1938, page 291. The note states the triangles were finally available. The
black shoulder-straps with RS abbrevation are included in a HJ price-list from April 1939
and especially explained according to the bright-red piping color (price-list page 11). The
shoulder-straps with RS were NOT mentioned in a price-list from November 1936.
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With a 1943 survey the RS abbreviation is being mentioned, as well as a number. This
number was used for the shoulder-strap button. In my handbook page 548 a survey
with its numbers is being included.
The shoulder-straps with abbreviation are rarer then the triangles. This is my opinion!