Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Officer’s Sleeve Eagle, Second Pattern Hold depending upon the applicable birthdate

depending upon the applicable birthdate

with a metal tri-colour cockade consisting of metal black and silver rings with a red painted core

the reverse bearing handwritten names but otherwise unmarked

The inside is lined in a heavily stitched black nylon

During similar strikes later in the month

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Officer’s Sleeve Eagle, Second Pattern Hold depending upon the applicable birthdate(Waffen SS rmeladler fr Offiziere). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse retaining a black paper liner and a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 64 and a secondary code of 032781, measuring 92 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.