Germany, Ss. A Dirlewanger Brigade Em/Nco’s Collar Tab GTRexclude Wolfen-Büttel “Artillerietag badge (5-6 May

Wolfen-Büttel “Artillerietag badge (5-6 May

showing Messe receiving Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939

1st edition

featuring solid laurel wreath in each quadrant also in silvered bronze

spring-loaded two-piece scalloped upright cassette for ten cigarettes

Germany, Ss. A Dirlewanger Brigade Em/Nco’s Collar Tab GTRexclude Wolfen-Büttel “Artillerietag badge (5-6 May(Kragenspiegel fr Mnner der 36. Waffen Grenadier Division der SS Dirlewanger). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing machine embroidered silver grey crossed rifles above a stick grenade, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 58 mm (l), some material fatigue is evident to the wool, with mothing of the buckram and the remnants of an adhesive to the reverse, in overall better than very fine condition.