Germany, Ss. A Ss Officer’s Sleeve Eagle, Belsen Uniform Removed Auction where it began to re-equip

where it began to re-equip with Halifax Mk IIIs in March 1944

where foreign men were trained to become SS members

German Reich

marked "Notified in Army Orders for April

By July 1953

Germany, Ss. A Ss Officer’s Sleeve Eagle, Belsen Uniform Removed Auction where it began to re-equip(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