Germany, Third Reich. A Reich Finance Administration/Customs Border Guards Armband Emblem certificate_of_authenticity It features a 303 mm

It features a 303 mm long magnetic steel blade

He volunteered for military service in the Luftwaffe in 1939 where he was posted to the 51st Jagdgeschwader

(Wehrmacht Heer Ärmelabzeichen für Ost-Freiwillige)

Affixed to the ring is a light brown leather sweatband

and a reprinted photograph of John MacRae

Germany, Third Reich. A Reich Finance Administration/Customs Border Guards Armband Emblem certificate_of_authenticity It features a 303 mm(Reichsfinanzverwaltung Zollgrenzschutz rmelschild fr die Armbinde). Constructed of gilded brass, the obverse consisting of a pebbled oval disc, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, topped by inscriptions of REICHSFINANZVERWALTUNG ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (REICH FINANCE ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS BORDER GUARDS), situated above a plaque bearing a stamped and blackened identification number of 27821, perforated at cardinal