Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Insignia

(Insignien). An extensive mixed lot of insignia, including:

1. A Heer EM/NCO’s visor cap eagle and cockade set, the former constructed of aluminum, the reverse retaining both attachment prongs, the reverse maker marked with the logo of F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid, measuring 66 mm (w) x 26 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; the latter constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of a tri-colour cockade with a red wool centrepiece, set within an oak leaf wreath, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “62”, measuring 65 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A second Heer EM/NCO’s visor cap eagle and cockade set, the former constructed of aluminum, the reverse retaining both attachment prongs, the reverse maker marked with the logo of F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid, measuring 66 mm (w) x 26 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; the latter constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of a tri-colour cockade with a red wool centrepiece, set within an oak leaf wreath, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “63”, measuring 65 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. A Heer EM/NCO’s visor cap eagle, constructed of aluminum, the reverse retaining both attachment prongs, maker marked with the logo of F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid, measuring 65 mm (w) x 26 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

4. A second Heer EM/NCO’s visor cap eagle, constructed of aluminum, the reverse retaining both attachment prongs, maker marked with the logo of F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid, measuring 65 mm (w) x 26 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

5. A Luftwaffe EM/NCO’s breast eagle, constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 92 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), with minor mothing visible to the edges of the wool, in uniform-removed and very fine condition.

6. A Luftwaffe Flight Personnel Unteroffizier collar tab, constructed of golden-yellow wool with a buckram core, trimmed along two edges with a silver aluminum wire tresse, and pinned with a silvered zink gull, the gull’s prongs reinforced with a large safety pin, unmarked, measuring 38 mm (w) x 52 mm (l), demonstrating moderate material fatigue throughout, in uniform-removed and very fine condition.

7. A Luftwaffe Flak Crew EM/NCO’s sleeve badge, constructed of dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey insignia, unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in unissued and near extremely fine condition.

8. A Kreis-level Political Leader’s collar tab, constructed of brown doeskin wool with a buckram core, trimmed with white piping, and pinned with two gilded rank pips and an eagle of identical construction, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 70 mm (l), the obverse demonstrates outlines of pips and an eagle being removed and replaced into its current non-regulation arrangement, in fair condition.

9. A Civil Service 25-Year Long Service Decoration, constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE”), unmarked, measuring 40.78 mm (w) x 45.55 mm (h), weighing 20.9 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine condition.