Germany, NSDAP. A Gau-Level Bereitschaftsleiter Collar Tab

(NSDAP Kragenspiegel für Bereitschaftsleiter). Constructed of red wool with a buckram core, trimmed with Burgundy-red piping, and pinned with a gilded bronze NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, above dual rank pips of identical construction, the reverse retaining an partially-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/361” and a secondary code of “340912”, measuring 45 mm (w) x 65 mm (l), with minor material fatigue evident, in overall near extremely fine condition.