and has engraving on the unsharpened spine
As with other Imperial German headdress the Reich cockade was worn above the state cockade – in this case Prussian on a field cap
and some areas on the left "wing" lost to oxidation of the shell
The smartness and comfort of the white gymnastyorka enabled it to survive for a few more years of peacetime wear until a light khaki version was adopted in 1907-09 and worn during World War I
the Reichsbetriebskartei
Original U.S. WWII OSS Stiletto by Landers, Frary, and Clark LF&C with Pancake Flipper Scabbard German Replica and has engraving on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. A rare original U. S. WWII Office of Strategic Services stiletto, manufactured by Landers, Frary & Clark of New Britain, Connecticut, and complete with its distinctive pancake flipper scabbard. Created in 1942, the OSS was Americas wartime intelligence and special operations organization, responsible for gathering intelligence, supporting resistance movements, and carrying out sabotage and other clandestine missions