Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A Wehrmann Collar Tab, Early Version visually-hidden inscribed "Küsten" at the left

inscribed "Küsten" at the left

Footnote: Instituted in 1941

he commanded the USS Ticonderoga in the Battle of Lake Champlain and was awarded a gold medal for bravery by the United States Congress

the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a maker-trademark flat wire catch with an anti-rotation fixture

demonstrating some bending to the band and detachment of one arm of the swastika from the frame

Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A Wehrmann Collar Tab, Early Version visually-hidden inscribed "Küsten" at the left(Der Stahlhelm Kragenspiegel fr einen Wehrmann). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse embroidered with a silvered brass Stahlhelmbund insignia, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (l), accompanied by an insignia stripped example of identical construction, in overall very fine condition.