Germany, Imperial. A German East Asian Troops M1900 Pith Helmet Plate Newly Listed He was one of the

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the reverse inscribed “УЧАСТНИК ЗАЩИТЫ КУБИНСКОЙ РЕВОЛЮЦИИ 1982” (“Participant in the Defense of the Cuban Revolution 1982”) within laurel branches

the obverse centre with a white disc with a black mobile swastika

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue wool base overlaid by a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire eagle clutching a mobile swastika

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