This short whip was with other WW2 German souvenirs brought home by an American GI. It has a wooden handle and 7 strips of leather. Does anyone recognize it as something a German Officer would have carried for show or for horse mounted equipment? Thanks.

for "dusting" uniforms in the field?

It may have been used on horses but the last vet I saw with one also had an S.S.visor with it .It may also have been used for a time we don't like to reflect on.

Thewe were used to clean blankets and uniforms. Nothing more, nothing less. Not intended to beat prisoners.
Ron Weinand

Thanks, that makes sense to me. Does it have any great sale value or should I just hang it on my wall?

It does not look like the standard RAD clothes whip , they are usually marked too.. Maybe a very early one[?] For now I'd hang on to it...

By the way,,sure there were the standard RAD clothes whip,,but they were also used for beatings, unofficially of course........

Actually they were used by circus trainers and zoo animal keepers to slap their monkeys with.

anthropomorphism is the unique human ability to transfer human characteristics to inanimate objects.In this case, the crop is seen as evil as any use can be attributed to it, good or bad.We choose bad because of where it came from and who used it.

Same thing applies to daggers and pistols..

I am not a psychologist, i just play one on television..!!