History

The basic types of Allgemeine SS cloth cap insignia are machine-woven cotton or aluminum wire and hand-embroidered metal wire. Machine woven insignia is often referred to as “BeVo” or “BeVo weave.”

The earliest cloth eagle insignia that was used was introduced in 1934. It took the form of the 1st pattern metal eagle insignia, which was also used by the SA (Sturmabteilung), and is often dubbed the "political" eagle pattern. The eagle was embroidered in white or light grey on a grey or black piece of cloth in the form of an inverted triangle.