Germany, Reichsbahn. An Assmann & Söhne Manufacturer’s Quality Test Board

Three old style gilt buttons with raised eagle; three gilt Police buttons; two silvered buttons for drivers; three grey buttons; grey waist hook (Taillenhaken); grey side hook (Seitenhaken); silvered Asclepian Rod cypher; two silvered Arabic numerals and one silvered rank pip; silvered cogwheel cypher; silvered lightning bolt cypher; old style gilt collar tab cypher for railcar inspectors (3852); two old style silvered collar tab cyphers for drivers (5099); two old style gilt collar tab cyphers for engine car drivers (Triebwagenführer) (4064); two old style gilt collar tab cyphers for locomotive drivers (Lokomotivführer) (3918); two old style gilt collar tab cyphers for conductors (Schaffner) (4062); two old style gilt collar tab cyphers for railroad foremen (Bahnmeister) (3857/3856); old style gilt collar tab cypher for shunters (Rangierer) (3854); two gilt streetcar collar cyphers (4063); two old style gilt collar tab cyphers for administrative clerks (Verwaltungs-Beamte) (4061); two (upside down) old style gilt collar tab cyphers for rotte leaders (Rottenführer) (3852); (upside down) old style gilt collar tab cypher for line inspectors (Leitungsaufseher) (3868); gilt Arabic numeral; gilt rank pip.

Footnote: Meticulously stored in an archival environment for the past 50 years, this untouched and complete collection of Assmann manufactured insignia is new to the global market. Board mounted, each presented insignia was employed as a quality control sample at the Assmann factory during the war. Each tester board is complete and each individual insignia is numbered as per Assmann manufacturing codes. Comprised of over 150 individual pieces of mint insignia, all branches of the Wehrmacht are represented in this unique special collection.