Germany, SS. A Mint Waffen-SS Panzer Troops M43 Cap Insignia, by Ewald Vorsteher Archive a silver five point star

a silver five point star with clusters of seven faceted rays

inscribed in Latin "FIDUS ET AUDAX" (Loyal and Bold) above the bust

7 - Infantry Officers' Swords

The tunic closes with six pebbled metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

near very fine to near mint condition

Germany, SS. A Mint Waffen-SS Panzer Troops M43 Cap Insignia, by Ewald Vorsteher Archive a silver five point star(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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Ewald Vorsteher, Wuppertal (BeVo), measuring 78 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in unissued and mint