Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Auction with a removable fuel canister

with a removable fuel canister retaining a screw top

the 'confrontation' with Indonesia provides a classic example of the use of force by a civilized force

copyrighted by the author in 1976

including stamps dated from 1950 through to 1973

Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Auction with a removable fuel canister(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