Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Female Staff Auxiliary Sleeve Insignia Auction with a dark blue wool

with a dark blue wool underside

the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR 49 JÄHRIGE DIENSTZEIT” (“FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE”)

and that they had captured a battery of Field Guns

light wear to the gilt

Footnote: Pith helmets are lightweight cloth-covered (1st pattern) or felt-covered (2nd pattern) helmets used by the German Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrikakorps)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Female Staff Auxiliary Sleeve Insignia Auction with a dark blue wool(Luftwaffe rmelraute Stabshelferin). Constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of STABS HELFERIN and situated within a border of identical construction, unmarked, measuring 80 mm (w) x 110 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.