Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer (Army) General’s Visor Cap Oak Wreath & Cockade Auction Archive National Institute of Colonization insignia

National Institute of Colonization insignia in gold-colored ink and silver name plate affixed to the lid

Watts enlisted with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on May 27

He died on February 26

Lyon with a strength of 23 officers and 424 other ranks

joined up with the lost battalion around 4:30 in the morning

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer (Army) General’s Visor Cap Oak Wreath & Cockade Auction Archive National Institute of Colonization insigniaThe oak wreath crafted in gilt aluminum; with all four prongs fully intact on the reverse; unmarked; measuring 65 mm x 40 mm; the cockade in blackened and silvered aluminum, with a red felt center core; measuring 23 mm in diameter; light mothing of the red center dot; in overall near mint condition.