second badge is sterling silver gilt with blue enamels
topped by a royal crown and flanked by a date of “1914”
His unit was destroyed in June 1944 while attached to Army Group Middle
His health record describes him as being blind in his right eye
The cap measures 240 mm x 260 mm x 150 mm in height
Germany, Ddas. A German Automobile Club Personnel Armband Buy Now second badge is sterling silver(Der Deutsche Automobil Club Armband). Constructed of black wool, the exterior bearing a German Automobile Club (DDAC) insignia in the form of a central black German national eagle, overlaid by an inscription of D. D. A. C., clutching a ringed mobile swastika, and set within a tri colour border, the insignia measuring 68 mm (w) x 82 mm (h) overall, unstitched and unmarked, measuring 370 mm (l) x 105 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.