Original German WWII National Socialist War Victim's Care Armband from Gau Helle-Merseburg - NSKOV Receiver Top Cover It is set up with

It is set up with belt loops and a rear ring for attachment to standard combat suspenders

The pommel is Waffenamt marked and he blade ricasso is also marked with German three letter code 43 asw indicating 1943 manufacture by the well-known maker E

1950s-1960s era

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Original German WWII National Socialist War Victim's Care Armband from Gau Helle-Merseburg - NSKOV Receiver Top Cover It is set up withOriginal Item: Only One Available. The National Socialist War Victim's Care (Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung or NSKOV) was a social welfare organization for seriously wounded veterans as well as frontline fighters of World War I. The NSKOV was established in 1934 and was affiliated to the NSDAP Party. The headquarters of the organization was in Kreuzberg, Berlin (at the time called the SW 68 district) and employed the architect Willy