Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist German Students’ League Member’s Armband Auction as he was the founder

as he was the founder and first head of the institute that bears his name

the face with a map of the Normandy coast from the Cotentin peninsula in the west to Dieppe in the east

the lid bearing a silvered NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

He joined the military in 1776 as an Officer Cadet in the 44th Infantry Regiment “Erzherzog Albrecht”

Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist German Students’ League Member’s Armband Auction as he was the founder(Armbinde NS Studentenbund). Constructed of a red cotton rayon blended cloth base, the exterior trimmed along the top and bottom edges with white tresses, bearing a central white diamond defaced by a machine embroidered black mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 20. 5 cm (w) x 11. 5 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface, demonstrating minor soiling, in near extremely fine condition.