Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS M43 Field Cap Insignia for Panzer Troops, Battlefield Retrieval Hold (Fahnenmedaille für Kriegervereine)

(Fahnenmedaille für Kriegervereine)

maker marked ""DRAGO PARIS"" and ""DÉPOSÉ"" (Deposit) on the reverse

additional buttoning flap on right front

Footnote: The  Military Order of Maria Theresa was instituted on June 18

Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS M43 Field Cap Insignia for Panzer Troops, Battlefield Retrieval Hold (Fahnenmedaille für Kriegervereine)(Waffen SS Mtzentrapez fr die schwarze Einheitsfeldmtze M43 fr Panzerbesatzungen). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Totenkopf, topped by an SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in identical machine embroidery, affixed to black wool backer cut directly from a Waffen SS Panzer Troops M43 field cap, measuring 65 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), a superb battlefield retrieved