the pommel remaining crisp
machine-embroidered edelweiss
Constructed of a padded dark blue wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered golden-yellow Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika
Footnote: Private John Blackwood is shown on the roll of the 21 man Rockburn Infantry Company and is listed on page 245 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll
He was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Orpington
Germany, Third Reich. A Volkssturm Member’s Armband Buy Now the pommel remaining crisp(Volkssturm Armband). Constructed of red and white dyed cotton, the exterior bearing a stamped black inscription of DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM WEHRMACHT, flanked by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked and unstitched, measuring 455 mm (l) x 105 mm (h), with minor material fatigue and soiling evident, in overall very fine condition.