Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Geschwader Boelcke EM/NCO’s Cuff Title visually-hidden but had to pay with

but had to pay with great loss of life

a Volksdeutscher (ethnic German) labourer from Ukraine

scattered gilt wear on the obverse

the reverse is plain with a principal vertical pin assembly

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Geschwader Boelcke EM/NCO’s Cuff Title visually-hidden but had to pay with(Luftwaffe rmelband Geschwader Boelcke fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark blue wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey inscription of GESCHWADER BOELCKE in Fraktur script, the reverse featuring a black cotton liner, unmarked, measuring 4 cm (w) x 46. 5 cm (l), a quintessential example of a cuff title distributed to personnel of Flieger Geschwader Fassberg (later Kampfgeschwader 27, Kampfgeschwader 154, and Kampfgeschwader 157)