Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS M43 Field Cap Insignia for Enlisted Ranks, One-Piece Version, by Ewald Vorsteher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac When war broke out in

When war broke out in 1878 between Peru and Bolivia on the one hand

the reverse with a central inscription of “JAHRHUNDERT FEIER D

These badges appear together on page 126 of "Eagles Recalled" by Warren Carroll and come from his personal collection

otherwise unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Gebrüder Hemmerle

Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS M43 Field Cap Insignia for Enlisted Ranks, One-Piece Version, by Ewald Vorsteher consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac When war broke out in(Waffen SS Mtzentrapez M43 fr Mannschaften). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Totenkopf, topped by an SS style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika executed in identical machine embroidery, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Ewald Vorsteher, Wuppertal (BeVo), measuring 60 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.