Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Newly Listed issued in Russia on 29

issued in Russia on 29 March 1942

George Ferguson

An early badge owned and worn by perhaps one of the first Luftwaffe Casualties of operations in France

In a letter from the Personal Effects Distribution Center at the United States Naval Supply Depot in Clearfield

in the Military Collectors’ Club of Canada Journal

Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Newly Listed issued in Russia on 29(Abzeichen der Fahnen und Standartentrger). Constructed of a field grey cotton blend, the obverse bearing a central machine embroidered dark blue Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with feathering highlighted in silver grey threading, flanked on each side by machine embroidered multi coloured standards in golden yellow Cavalry Reconnaissance Waffenfarbe, with details highlighted in silver aluminum wire, above an oak leaf