272 Gorget for Army Standard Bearers.
A frosted nickel silver shield with an old silver patinated flag crest on top. Decorative buttons decorated with oak leaves in the corners. Back with carrying hooks. The centre hook with maker's mark "HA" and inscription: "H. AURICH DRESDEN". Back with green cloth cover. On original carrying chain with alternating Wehrmacht eagles and oak leaves.
In ultra rare original box, the inside lid with maker's mark in Fraktur script: " Militäreffekten - Metallwarenfabrik Hermann Aurich Dresden A.16". Slightly torn at the margin.
This gorget offered here at auction is illustrated and described in the well-known standard work by Wilhelm Saris and Andrew Mollo: Ringkragen und Brustschilder im Dritten Reich, Zweibrücken 2012, p. 507.
Very rare, especially in the original box of issue.