Germany, SS. A Rare and Mint Waffen-SS Tropical Cap Totenkopf Insignia, Green Variant Auction and the Crimean Shield

and the Crimean Shield

The Stevens Companies

Footnote: William Albert Atkinson Forbes signed his Attestation Paper as a Trooper with the 19th Alberta Dragoons

in their case of issue (marked "AUSTRALIAN ACTIVE SERVICE MEDAL 1945-1975" on the lid

He served with the Canadian Infantry during the Second World War with the Veterans Guard of Canada

Germany, SS. A Rare and Mint Waffen-SS Tropical Cap Totenkopf Insignia, Green Variant Auction and the Crimean Shield(Waffen SS Tropen Schiffchentotenkopf fr Mannschaften). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered green SS style Totenkopf with details highlighted in black threading, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), a rare example of a green tropical insignia as found on page 135 of Insignia and Artifacts of the Waffen SS by Michael D. Beaver, 2012, in unissued and mint condition.