Germany, Ss. A Ss Dress Uniform Armband Newly Listed before being transferred to HMS

before being transferred to HMS Gleaner

then transported to the island of Roatan (AKA Rattan) off the northern coast of Honduras

for meritorious service

A silver Maltese cross with pebbled arms

Footnote: Franz Hermann Günther von Etzel served in the Imperial German Army from 1881 to 1919

Germany, Ss. A Ss Dress Uniform Armband Newly Listed before being transferred to HMS(SS Armband). Constructed of red cotton, both exterior edges trimmed with black cotton bands, with a central white cotton disc measuring 82 mm in diameter, bearing a multi piece black cotton mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 175 mm (l) x 134 mm (h), with some soiling evident to the exterior, in overall better than very fine condition.