Germany, Ss. A M43 Cap Eagle And Skull Insignia Hold bearing two bands of silver

bearing two bands of silver aluminum wire piping

Goschen most probably expected the Vienna posting to be his last but the imminent retirement of Sir Frank Lascelles at the Berlin embassy posed problems for the Foreign Secretary

description of photo in German on back - translated: “Baldur von Schirach speaking to the domestic and foreign press - The youth leader of the German Reich

but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of Friedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid

later Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland

Germany, Ss. A M43 Cap Eagle And Skull Insignia Hold bearing two bands of silverA machine woven patch with a silver grey thread SS style national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching an encircled swastika, below is a skull with a single row of teeth and crossbones mounted on a field gray trapezoidal base, removed from cap, measuring 63 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), very fine.