Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Zollassistent’s Transitional Joppe Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and a hallmark for Gold

and a hallmark for Gold construction

with patinated steel scabbard

on page 94 of The Insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati

” and is dated “1940” on the reverse ricasso

Directly below the breast pocket are four green loops

Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Zollassistent’s Transitional Joppe Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and a hallmark for Gold(Joppe fr Zollassistent der Zollschutz). An interesting and well preserved Zollschutz (Border Protection) Zollassistents transitional Joppe (service jacket), constructed of a dark green wool cloth with a whipcord weave. It features a turned down collar flanked on each side by tabs constructed of green wool with buckram cores, trimmed with machine embroidered silver grey scalloping, and bearing machine embroidered silver grey laurel branches topped by