Did period great coats carry any insignia.
ie. collar tabs ect.
if so im gonna add it to mine but i cant seem to find any official photo's
i found this i know its a doll buy is it acurate if i but coller tabs and armband thing on my great coat. plz i need historical help with this
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I'm pretty certain that just shoulder boards is fine - no collar tabs, armband, eagles or indeed awards...
ok you say awards but i also wanted to add a insignia patch to it for sniper mark3. its a ww2 patch i found on ebay. 
Sniper awards were never worn in the field. Snipers were reviled in WW2 and on the eastern front your were guaranteed to be executed and probably tortured if you were identified as a sniper so advertising the fact you were one would be suicidal. This is also why very few original K98 scopes exist today as sniper weapons were discarded, hidden or put under a tank track before the owner was at risk of being captured with it in his possesion.
AS CW says, just shoulder boards. The only time ive seen anything else was on a generals coat where the red/gold collar tabs were also applied.
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I've got a reference book which shows collar and shoulder insignia being worn on greatcoats but the pictures are of officers or senior NCO's. In the pictures, they are wearing sleeve eagles also. The officer is wearing an early type coat and, interestingly, it also has a cuff title. The book points out that this was NOT common practice and became even less common as the war went on.
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Most SS EM either had no inisignia on thier great coats or just the Sleeve eagle. Shoulder boards were worn. Of course you'll always find pics to contradict this but it's the general way of things
so if i stuck the eagle on one of my arms that would be ok.
right or left?
so if I stuck the eagle on one of my arms that would be ok.
right or left?
LEFT