Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsbahn Official’s Visor Cap Cockade, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive 82 mm x 90 mm

82 mm x 90 mm

featuring an integrated crossguard bearing a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the obverse

and includes running marks and tarnishing to the blade (resulting in minor pitting near the tip)

This is a commemorative plate for 3rd prize at a marksmanship competition of the 10th Pioneer Reserve Company (Ergänzungs Pionier Kompanie 10)

where it was noted that he had "impaired function (in his) right hand and wrist"

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsbahn Official’s Visor Cap Cockade, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive 82 mm x 90 mm(Reichsbahn Kokarde fr die Schirmmtze). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a central tri colour cockade surrounded by a winged wheel, the reverse retaining all three attachment prongs, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, measuring 145 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish throughout the base metal, in very fine condition.