Germany, Heer. An Early Tropical Infantry Unteroffizier Shoulder Strap Hold as well as head of

as well as head of the care center for “Old fighters” of the "Gau Vienna"

gold and enamel center

as mentioned in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 37955 of Tuesday

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey DRK-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

The knife is unmarked

Germany, Heer. An Early Tropical Infantry Unteroffizier Shoulder Strap Hold as well as head of(Heer Tropen Schulterklappe fr Infanterie). Constructed of field grey cotton twill, trimmed with light brown khaki piping used by Infantry and Flak troops, bordered by a silver aluminum wire tresse, the reverse with an integral strap bearing a reinforced buttonhole, unmarked, measuring 48 mm (w) x 115 mm (l), an early example largely used by Afrikakorps personnel in extremely fine condition.