Germany, Wehrmacht. An Auxiliary’s Armband Hold each constructed of cardboard-reinforced orange

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced orange wool and bearing four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping

A set of Heer (Army) Leutnant rank insignia

Nearly 1200 brief biographies cover pilots from all parts of the UK

arriving there aboard the Empress of Australia on February 4

eight were taken as Prisoners of War (three later executed

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Auxiliary’s Armband Hold each constructed of cardboard-reinforced orange(Wehrmacht Armband). Constructed of white cotton, the exterior bearing a black ink inscription of IM DIENST DER DEUTSCHEN WEHRMACHT (IN THE SERVICE OF THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT), unmarked, measuring 200 mm (w) x 110 mm (h), with some soiling evident throughout, in very fine condition.