Germany, Nsdap. An Ortsgruppenleiter Armband Auction Archive the reverse inscribed “Den tapferen

the reverse inscribed “Den tapferen Verteidigern des Vaterlandes MDCCXCVII” (Latin - To the brave defenders of the fatherland 1797)

Kathen joined the Prussian army himself in 1873 as a Second Lieutenant

the obverse constructed of a circular oak leaf wreath with a cream-coloured centre

perched atop a HJ diamond that is surrounded by a serrated circular border with an inner and outer rope

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 130th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Nsdap. An Ortsgruppenleiter Armband Auction Archive the reverse inscribed “Den tapferen(NSDAP Armband). An extremely well preserved NSDAP Ortsgruppenleiter armband, constructed of red wool, trimmed with blue piping, the exterior bordered by golden threaded bands, bearing a machine embroidered white cotton disc 75 mm in diameter, overlaid by a black machine embroidered mobile swastika, outlined in golden threaded piping, pinned with a gilded zink rank pip bearing a central raised NSDAP style German national eagle, with the circumference