Germany, NSKK. A Mint Cap Insignia, Second Pattern, by Lothar von Dreden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed "Waffen-SS"

inscribed "Waffen-SS"

First pattern collar tab

A photograph depicting a superior officer standing in-front of a squad of uniformed men

while the other sixty-nine survived

with a large chip to the central enamel that has been painted over

Germany, NSKK. A Mint Cap Insignia, Second Pattern, by Lothar von Dreden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed "Waffen-SS"(NSKK Mtzenabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire NSKK insignia, the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 374 indicating manufacture by Lothar von Dreden, Wupptertal Elberfeld, measuring 100 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.