Germany, OT. An Organisation Todt Security Command Member’s Cuff Title Hold 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment Lapel

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment Lapel Badge (in bronze gilt with red

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maker marked "SCHARFFENBERG" on the edge of the left arm and "DRESDEN" on the edge of the right arm

lid embossed “Ehrengabe der Stadt Neuss”

the reverse with a unusual horizontal pinback soldered to the top edge

Germany, OT. An Organisation Todt Security Command Member’s Cuff Title Hold 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment Lapel(Organisation Todt rmelband). Constructed of dark blue rayon, the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with silver aluminum wire tresses, bearing a central machine embroidered silver aluminum wire mobile swastika within a cogwheel, flanked by stylized initials OT of identical construction, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 405 mm (l), with minor material fatigue and soiling evident, in near extremely fine condition.