Germany, Heer. A Braunschweiger Totenkopf Cap Insignia visually-hidden between the writing TREUE DIENSTE

between the writing TREUE DIENSTE BEI DER FAHRE

Footnote:Günther Pancke (1899–1973) was an SS Obergruppenführer (General equivalent) and Higher SS and Police Leader of Denmark between 1943 and 1945

crazing evident in the black patent leather of the visor

fell into a deep crevasse

along with a slot for its missing rosette

Germany, Heer. A Braunschweiger Totenkopf Cap Insignia visually-hidden between the writing TREUE DIENSTE(Heer Braunschweiger Traditions Totenkopf fr die Schirmmtze). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Braunschweiger style Totenkopf, the reverse retaining both attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 28 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish throughout the base metal, a classic example of a traditions badge worn on the visor caps of personnel of Infanterie Regiment 17 and Kavallerie Regiment 13, in better than very fine