Original German WWII Das Schwarze Korps SS Schutzstaffel Newspaper Issue 40 Volume 8 - October 1, 1942 Military Maps The wooden pommel cap is

The wooden pommel cap is marked with the usual Dutch military (CROWN) / Z inside an oval inspection mark

There is also a ghost of a stock proof just forward of the butt plate tang

302nd Engineer Regiment

and possibly on podiums during speeches

and WWII issue bipod

Original German WWII Das Schwarze Korps SS Schutzstaffel Newspaper Issue 40 Volume 8 - October 1, 1942 Military Maps The wooden pommel cap isOriginal Item: Only One Available. The SS (Schutzstaffel) was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of Germany eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied Europe. Das Schwarze Korps