Germany, SS. A Sicherheitsdienst Sleeve Diamond for Enlisted Ranks Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with two 5 mm wide

with two 5 mm wide strips of fine aluminum bullion wire interlaced with white threading sewn horizontally near the top and bottom edges

insignia in silvered and gilt bronze with red and white enamels

An example of a mint and unissued BeVo style cap insignia

It culminates in a nickel-plated pommel which bears a raised HJ insignia

post 1945 issue

Germany, SS. A Sicherheitsdienst Sleeve Diamond for Enlisted Ranks Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with two 5 mm wide(Sicherheitsdienst rmelraute fr Mannschaften). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing machine embroidered silver grey initials SD (Sicherheitsdienst), the reverse retaining a largely intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 20 for an unidentified but widely documented manufacturer of cloth insignia, measuring 48 mm (w) x 70 mm (h), demonstrating the remnants of an adhesive throughout the reverse base cloth consistent