Germany, SS. A Rare Dress Uniform Brassard, with SS-VA Mark visually-hidden the cap measuring 100 mm

the cap measuring 100 mm x 290 mm

gilt metal with blue and white enameled insignia

including a rare citation for the Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords

Cyr survived brutal beatings at the hands of Japanese Officers

Germany, SS. A Rare Dress Uniform Brassard, with SS-VA Mark visually-hidden the cap measuring 100 mm(Allgemeine SS SS Verfgungstruppe Armbinde fr den schwarzen Dienstrock). Constructed of red wool, the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with black rayon tresses, bearing a central white rayon disc measuring 9 cm in diameter, in turn overlaid by a multi piece black rayon mobile swastika, the interior stamped with an SS Verwaltungsamt (SS VA) acceptance mark and date of 1936, measuring 22. 5 cm (w) x 12. 5 cm (h) when folded on a flat