Germany, Imperial. A Hussar Officer’s Sabretache visually-hidden Tank Corps "Spade"

Tank Corps "Spade"

each point made of three longer quills with three-quilled arms in each corner

Instituted on 17 March 1943

segments of laurel and oak leaf wreath between the arms

chipping on the red enamels on the obverse centrepiece cross and reverse centrepiece slightly askew on the Marian Cross

Germany, Imperial. A Hussar Officer’s Sabretache visually-hidden Tank Corps "Spade"(Sbeltasche). An extremely well preserved Hussar Officers sabretache, constructed of two pieces of pressed and reinforced red leather, with the exterior panel overlaid by red felt, in turn bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm II, set within an ornate tresse of identical construction, topped by three black leather straps, each adjusted with gilded bronze lion head buckles with prongs meeting five eyelets