Germany, Third Reich. A Veteran’s Funeral Sash, Ek Auction Archive maker marked "JOH

maker marked "JOH

This type of stag-gripped single-etched Eickhorn Bayonet was generally used for parade purposes

maker marked "KARNET KYSELY PRAHA" on the reverse cartouche

54 mm long pin

By the end of the war some members had become child soldiers to fend off allied advances as a desperate last resort

Germany, Third Reich. A Veteran’s Funeral Sash, Ek Auction Archive maker marked "JOH(Begrbnis Schrpe). Constructed of red taffeta, each end trimmed with silver grey threaded tassels, one obverse end bearing a black machine embroidered Cross Patte trimmed with silver threading, overlaid with a central silver threaded mobile swastika, measuring 118 mm (w) x 118 mm (h), the opposite stitched with a 110 mm wide white canvas disc, in turn bearing a black mobile swastika, with a black inscription of LETZTER GRU SEINE KAMERADEN (A FINAL