Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Insignia Auction features a complete black silk

features a complete black silk interior liner

which would have made him 56 and not the 47 he stated when he enlisted in March 1917

KLASSE 1939” and a maker’s mark of “GUSTAV BREHMER

and the loss of functionality to the former’s spring catch

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Insignia Auction features a complete black silk(Insignien). A mixed lot of insignia, including: 1. A Luftwaffe Gefreiter sleeve insignia, constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a silver aluminum wire tresse, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 70 mm (h), in extremely fine condition. 2. A matching set of NSKK shoulder boards for ranks Sturmmann Obertruppfhrer, both constructed of black wool and topped by silver aluminum wire and black threaded piping, the reverse of each retaining an intact