Germany, NSKK. A Mint Cap Insignia, Second Pattern, by Lothar von Dreden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed "Waffen-SS"

inscribed "Waffen-SS"

which was free till A level and the State’s Government provided scholarships of merit for higher education

obverse illustrating a cavalry soldier on horseback at the right

impressed with “21990 PTE

he boarded an electric train for a ten mile ride to Camp 3D Tsurumi at Yokohama

Germany, NSKK. A Mint Cap Insignia, Second Pattern, by Lothar von Dreden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed "Waffen-SS"(NSKK Mtzenabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire NSKK insignia, the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 374 indicating manufacture by Lothar von Dreden, Wupptertal Elberfeld, measuring 100 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.