Rare Deutsche Jägerschaft Embroidered Sleeve Badge

A scarce and attractive Deutsche Jägerschaft embroidered sleeve badge dating from the Third Reich period.

The oval badge is finely machine embroidered on a grey-green cloth backing and features the distinctive stag’s head with large antlers and swastika, surrounded by a green embroidered border. Beneath the stag’s head are two gold/yellow embroidered hunting horns, completing the characteristic hunting-related design.

This type of insignia was associated with the Deutsche Jägerschaft, the organization which brought the German hunting associations under a centralized structure during the Third Reich period. Such cloth insignia formed part of the organization’s uniform insignia and were worn on the sleeve.

The badge is of substantial multi-coloured embroidered construction. The reverse remains completely visible and nicely demonstrates the original manufacture and stitching of the piece.
It remains in untouched, nicely used condition. There is some moth damage, particularly to the cloth at the upper edge, together with several smaller areas of age-related wear. Importantly, the central embroidered design remains very well preserved, with strong colours and excellent definition to the stag, antlers and hunting horns.

An uncommon and visually impressive Deutsche Jägerschaft sleeve insignia, and certainly not a type that appears frequently on the collectors’ market.

A difficult-to-find piece of period German hunting organization insignia.