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Set of service blouse and visored cap for Heer Administrative officer with POA sleeve badge, tailor made service blouse has been extensively re-worked from a couple of different shades of issue quality wool fabric, buttonholes have been moved and sections of fabric have been pieced in at the left underarm and at the top of the front closure panel, blouse has been lined in various types of materials, there is one internal pocket with tailor's label and name, there are darned repairs to the right underarm and sleeve backs, there is fraying to the cuff ends and cuffs, there is a small hole to the left front skirt, collar tabs are machine sewn and although this seems obviously to have been wartime done, there are also signs of previous collar insignia, shoulder boards with Heeresverwaltungsdienst cyphers and rank pips are sewn in and somewhat frayed, the early flatwire national emblem is hand sewn, the machine woven POA sleeve badge is worn consistently with the garment and appears to be originally hand sewn, there are loops for a small ribbon bar, it would seem that some type of badge was pinned to the wearer's right pocket at one time, the accompanying visored cap is lined in a light colored fabric and has a worn leatherette sweatband, the sweat diamond is absent, cap has aluminum insignia, national emblem is held with one prong, cap body has a few picks and the piping is nipped in a couple of places, the lower rear edge of the cap shows numerous hand sewn repairs, likely postwar done, salty group showing significant service wear, unusual, USD $2150