Germany, Nsdap. A Gau-Level Hauptbereitschaftsleiter Collar Tab Hold type V with state coat

type V with state coat of arms inside the eight-pointed star insignia

set on a 25 mm-long bronze bar with a horizontal pinback

and pages from Salzburger Volkszeitung

Footnote: Waldemar von Gazen (1917–2014) fought in Poland

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered red insignia

Germany, Nsdap. A Gau-Level Hauptbereitschaftsleiter Collar Tab Hold type V with state coat(NSDAP Kragenspiegel fr Hauptbereitschaftsleiter). Constructed of red wool, trimmed with Burgundy red piping, pinned with a gilded bronze NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika above two rank pips, and overlaid by a gold bullion wire tresse bisected by red threading, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 70 mm (l), in extremely fine condition.