Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Allied Military Government Wolfenbüttel Prison Staff Armband, c. 1946 Auction Archive 104th Infantry until February 19

104th Infantry until February 19

The cap band is flanked on each side by pebbled magnetic metal buttons securing in place a decorative chinstrap constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

Bonaventure was in the area

It incorporates a 45 mm wide leather sweatband with a light gray upper and supple underside

the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle perched on top of a Stahlhelm

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Allied Military Government Wolfenbüttel Prison Staff Armband, c. 1946 Auction Archive 104th Infantry until February 19(Justizvollzugsanstalt Wolfenbttel Armband). Constructed of a light grey cotton wool blended cloth, the exterior bearing a stamped black inscription of ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT PRISON STAFF WOLFENBTTEL, unmarked, measuring 20 cm (w) x 12. 5 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface, a rare example in extremely fine condition. Footnote: A notorious detention centre which opened in 1790, Wolfenbttel Prison was used by British occupation forces to house and