Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A Pair Of Ortsgruppe Köln Stamps, By Stempel-Köhlen Hold 47I" and "108"

47I" and "108"

the obverse centre bears the cipher “FA” (for Grand Duke Friedrich August II)

the 60th (Victoria Rifles of Canada) Battalion

with a small manufacturing error towards the top left of the patch

the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch

Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A Pair Of Ortsgruppe Köln Stamps, By Stempel-Köhlen Hold 47I" and "108"(Der Stahlhelm Stempel). A pair of Stahlhelm Ortsgruppe Kln (Cologne) stamps, each constructed of a curved and lacquered wooden shaft, the base of each retaining fully intact rubber presses with a design consisting of a central Stahlhelm, one circumscribed by an inscription of BUND DER FRONTSOLDATEN ORTSGR. KLN EHRENF. BICKENDORF and the other by an inscription of BUND DER FRONTSOLDATEN ORTSGRUPPE KLN MITTE, the shaft of each bearing a makers mark of