Germany, Third Reich. A Schutzmanschaft (SCHUMA) Sleeve Insignia Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic This personalized and field-used example

This personalized and field-used example remains in a very fine condition

Stitched through the penultimate buttonhole is an Eastern Front Medal ribbon

dated at Cherkley in 1918

the top and bottom are inscribed with “KUK INF REG HOCH UND DEUTSCHMEISTER No 4”

Germany, Third Reich. A Schutzmanschaft (SCHUMA) Sleeve Insignia Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic This personalized and field-used example(Schutzmanschaftsrmelabzeichen). Constructed of BeVo style machine embroidery, consisting of a central mobile diamond shaped swastika, circumscribed with Treu, Tapfer, Gehorsam ( Loyal, Brace, Steadfast) within a laurel wreath tied together by a ribbon at the base, the insignia embroidered on an blueish green rayon backer, measuring 95 mm (w) x 104 mm (l), in mint and unissued condition.