Germany, Wehrmacht. A Feldgendarmerie Gorget, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne

(Wehrmacht Ringkragen für Feldgendarmerie). Constructed of silver-grey painted magnetic iron sheet metal, the obverse bearing a central raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above a patinated and pebbled banner bearing a raised inscription of “FELDGENDARMERIE”, with the upper corners fastened with pebbled buttons, notably with all of these features retaining original intact luminous paint, the reverse retaining an intact field-grey wool liner, with two stabilizing clips and an addition loop featuring an original full-length magnetic neck chain, the central stabilizing clip maker marked with the logo of F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid, measuring 17 cm (w) x 11 cm (h), with a period paper label pasted to the reverse liner bearing the illegible remnants of a handwritten inscription, measuring 16 cm (w) x 11 cm (h), demonstrating minor loss of both silver and luminescent paint to the applicable elements, loosening of the eagle and banner, and some detachment of the reverse liner, a scarce variant sometimes encountered with a card stock backer, in very fine condition.