Germany, Wehrmacht. A Kreta Cuff Title
(Ärmelband “Kreta”). Constructed of a white cotton/linen blend, the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with a golden-yellow Russian braid cord, bearing a central machine-embroidered golden-yellow inscription of “KRETA” (“CRETE”), flanked on each side by an Acanthus of identical construction, the reverse plain, unmarked, measuring 33 mm (w) x 345 mm (l), in uniform-removed and near extremely fine condition.

