Germany, Ss. A Late-War Waffen-Ss Officer’s Runic Collar Tab, Flat Wire Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac all suspended from a 174

all suspended from a 174 mm-long non-magnetic metal bar with a green wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

within a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “DEUTSCHE EHRENLEGION” (“GERMAN HONOUR LEGION”)

and is buried in Montreal (Notre Dame des Neiges) Cemetery

on its original ribbon with safety pin attachment

the Bund was formed in 1933 by its remaining veterans using a version of the insignia used in 1919

Germany, Ss. A Late-War Waffen-Ss Officer’s Runic Collar Tab, Flat Wire Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac all suspended from a 174(Waffen SS Kragenspiegel fr Offizier). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire piping, the obverse bearing machine embroidered double Sig runes executed in machine embroidered flat wire, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 55 mm (l), a late war variant in extremely fine condition.