Germany, Ss. A Ss Officer’s Sleeve Eagle, Belsen Uniform Removed Auction marked "Notified in Army Orders

marked "Notified in Army Orders for April

unusual screw back version with two screwposts

German Reich

By July 1953

on loop for suspension from a rifle clasp and period original ribbon with a horizontal pinback

Germany, Ss. A Ss Officer’s Sleeve Eagle, Belsen Uniform Removed Auction marked "Notified in Army Orders(SS rmelabzeichen). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum flat wire SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, sewn to a cut out olive drab piece of uniform cloth, unmarked, the insignia measuring 88 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), in extremely fine condition. Footnote: According to information provided at the time of acquisition, this lot was liberated at Belsen, by 1st Lieutenant Sallylou