Canada. A Queen’s Own Rifles Busby with Plume and Metal Case Auction SS-Sturmbannführer

SS-Sturmbannführer

the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42’ (OSTMEDAILLE)” and a maker’s mark of “PAUL MEYBAUER

with functional double catch

holding this position until the outbreak of the Second World War

Canada. A Queen’s Own Rifles Busby with Plume and Metal Case Auction SS-SturmbannführerA busby in black lambs wool covering a cork frame, top in black felt, with black cording to the front back and sides, a red and black embroidered central cockade with a superimposed white metal crown. A QOR metal cap badge in blackened metal with red felted backing sits on the front of the cap, measuring 51. 6 mm (w) x 63 mm (h). Insignia is present on each side in the form of a metal star with hook for the attached cord, and one lower depicting a