Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Auction along with tape repair on

along with tape repair on the spine

looped through eight further vertically-arranged eyelets flanking a 280 mm-long frontal slit

copyrighted by the author in 1976

raised pillars in the background

stamped “LDO”

Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Auction along with tape repair on(Abzeichen der Fahnen und Standartentrger). Constructed of a field grey cotton blend, the obverse bearing a central machine embroidered dark blue Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with feathering highlighted in silver grey threading, flanked on each side by machine embroidered multi coloured standards in golden yellow Cavalry Reconnaissance Waffenfarbe, with details highlighted in silver aluminum wire, above an oak leaf