Germany, Ss. A Rare Waffen-Ss Artillerie-Abteilung 867 Russian Campaign Plaque, With Case United Republic of Issued 1917

Issued 1917

black beads representing the eyes in both the lion and the unicorn

176 in the book by S

The crown of the cap bears a five-pointed star constructed of machine-embroidered gold bullion wire

Germany, Ss. A Rare Waffen-Ss Artillerie-Abteilung 867 Russian Campaign Plaque, With Case United Republic of Issued 1917(Waffen SS Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of porcelain, the obverse bearing a raised oval with a central German national eagle overlaid by a Flak 88 with its barrel raised, above an inscription of SS. ART. ABT. 867, circumscribed by an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AM DEM EINSATZ GEGEN RUSSLAND (IN MEMORY OF THE DEPLOYMENT AGAINST RUSSIA), on a glazed rectangular porcelain slab, the reverse bearing an unidentified makers mark, measuring 114 mm (w)