We have a mix up here and guess what its all my fault as i'm the miltary uniform person rena is ancient history and everything else :o)...this is a "during the war" uniform, and there was a mix up when i was telling Rena the info, so sorry buddy :o) and sorry to everyone else for the historical confusion. This is a Waffen SS officer, cavalry i suspect but i'm not to up on the shoulder boards to be sure.....Nope SS was not always black, the reason we made this uniform was basically good source material and the only other choices where pre-war SS (the confusion point)and dutch SS both of which where black and i thought to focused to be changed to other uniforms.....Storm the colored stripe is his medal ribbons, the only bit that isn't correct as he's wearing Rommels medal bar LOL.....as for the politics, there are NONE this is a WW2 uniform, made simply because it is part of our history, i'm an avid reader of modern military history and the source material was just to good to NOT make it....Steve PS whats Grammar LOL