Original German WWII State War Victim's Care Nickel-Plated Brass Flag Pole Finial British Flare Guns The encircled Germans held out

The encircled Germans held out until the end of the war and "Fortress Courland" officially surrendered at 2:00pm on May 8th 1945

This one appears to be an immediate post-war production and would have been used during the latter part of the Indian Wars

a simplified "Crowned K" over SOLINGEN

while the photographs and documents allow years of serious historical study

Either pattern is hallmarked in the identical manner

Original German WWII State War Victim's Care Nickel-Plated Brass Flag Pole Finial British Flare Guns The encircled Germans held outOriginal 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