Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Cloth Insignia Auction Archive 1940” (“TO COMRADE WILLY MESSERSCHMITT

1940” (“TO COMRADE WILLY MESSERSCHMITT IN HEARTFELT RECOGNITION OF HIS BIRTHDAY

) British Army impressed in block capitals

new-old stock Wehrmacht Signal’s EM’s shoulder boards

With the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union

also exhibiting surface rust

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Cloth Insignia Auction Archive 1940” (“TO COMRADE WILLY MESSERSCHMITTA Luftwaffe Luftschutz Cloth Side Cap Insignia Machine woven Luftschutz emblem in white threads on a Luftschutz blue grey rayon; measures approximately 128 mm (wing tip to wing tip), unworn, excellent quality manufacture, in near mint condition; a Hitler Youth cap Insignia, machine woven; Gebrigsjager sleeve insignia, machine woven in green white threads on green wool backing; police crusher cap insignia, constructed of machine woven brown rayon cloth