Original German WWII SS Member's Multi-Piece Cotton Armband - Schutzstaffel Magazines The serial number is 264106B

The serial number is 264106B denoting the year of manufacture as 1888

The mask is a size 2 and appears to have never been worn as the the eye lenses are in excellent shape and also dated 1940

and the golden color of the brass contrasts handsomely with the nickel plating

The trigger still pulls and the selector switch still moves

Not all of the engraving can be seen though

Original German WWII SS Member's Multi-Piece Cotton Armband - Schutzstaffel Magazines The serial number is 264106BOriginal Item: Only One Available: The SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of NSDAPsm and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied