Germany, SS. A Mint Waffen-SS Panzer Troops M43 Cap Insignia, by Ewald Vorsteher Archive 7 - Infantry Officers' Swords

7 - Infantry Officers' Swords

With Austrian forces across the Danube from Vienna and secure in his strength

the loop at the shoulder end creating a button hole for the gilt aluminum button with a pebbled upper

inscribed in Latin "FIDUS ET AUDAX" (Loyal and Bold) above the bust

Command Glider Pilot Badge (four-piece construction

Germany, SS. A Mint Waffen-SS Panzer Troops M43 Cap Insignia, by Ewald Vorsteher Archive 7 - Infantry Officers' Swords(Waffen SS Mtzentrapez fr die schwarze Einheitsfeldmtze M43 fr Panzerbesatzungen). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Totenkopf, topped by an SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika executed in identical machine embroidery, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Ewald Vorsteher, Wuppertal (BeVo), measuring 78 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in unissued and mint