The panels are secured to the front of the cap via two small pebbled grey metal (magnetic) buttons
having been advanced to Sergeant Observer on the day that he was wounded
each of the buttons maker marked "SCOVILL MF'G CO
reverse inscribed "AL MERITO" within an open-ended wreath of oak leaves and acorns
Assigned the mission of commanding a relief force for a badly depleted unit occupying a combat outpost more than one mile forward of the main line of resistance
Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Shako Cockade for Enlisted Ranks, by Josef Feix & Söhne Auction Archive The panels are secured to(Polizei Kokarde fr den Tschako fr Mannschaften). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of an elongated tri colour cockade, the reverse with a backplate fixed in position with four prongs and with a lug for shako attachment, maker marked with the logo of Josef Feix & Shne, Gablonz, with a manufacture date of 1941, measuring 35 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) and accompanied by its original paper wrapping, in unissued and mint condition.