Germany, RLB. A Member’s Armband, First Pattern Hold with a silvery machine-embroidered border

with a silvery machine-embroidered border along the top and bottom edges

" A little over two weeks after the raid

but the image remains sharp and the portrait is in a better than very fine condition

gilt Fusiliers "bomb" clasp affixed to its original ribbon

Germany, RLB. A Member’s Armband, First Pattern Hold with a silvery machine-embroidered border(Reichsluftschutzbund Armbinde fr Mannschaften 1. Modell). Constructed of blue cotton cloth, the exterior bearing a machine embroidered white first pattern Reichsluftschutzbund (Reich Air Protection League RLB) insignia, unmarked, measuring 18 cm (l) x 10 cm (w) when folded on a flat surface, in extremely fine condition.