Germany, NSKK. A Mint Cap Insignia, Second Pattern, by Lothar von Dreden Province of China Hörster Solingen (sword within "H"

Hörster Solingen (sword within "H" double-oval trade mark)

unmarked but displaying typical characteristics of "Schwerin of Berlin" (Variation 1) manufacture

Industrial Civil Defence Service (ICDS)(1)

57 mm (w) x 73

Footnote: Order of the Grimaldi was founded in November 1954 by Prince Rainer III of Monaco

Germany, NSKK. A Mint Cap Insignia, Second Pattern, by Lothar von Dreden Province of China Hörster Solingen (sword within "H"(NSKK Mtzenabzeichen, 2. Form). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire NSKK insignia, the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 374 indicating manufacture by Lothar von Dreden, Wupptertal Elberfeld, measuring 100 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.