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); old style silvered collar tab cyphers for drivers (22650X); old style gilt collar tab cypher for railcar inspectors (12141S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for engine car drivers (Triebwagenführer) (18061S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for railroad foremen (Bahnmeister) (10443S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for locomotive drivers (Lokomotivführer) (17494S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for conductors (Schaffner) (18029S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for railroad foremen (Bahnmeister) (7211S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for machinists (Maschinisten) (18045S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for administrative clerks (Verwaltungs-Beamte) (18126S); gilt rank pip; old style gilt collar tab cypher for shunters (Rangierer) (12850S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for line inspectors (Leitungsaufseher) (15485S); old style gilt collar tab cypher for rotte leaders (Rottenführer) (15541S); silvered cogwheel cypher; three silvered Arabic numerals; silvered lightning bolt cypher; silvered Asclepian Rod cypher; silvered 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.