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Border Customs Official's Sleeve Shield (Ärmelschild). - Border Customs Official's Sleeve Shield (Ärmelschild). Vertically oval, die struck, alloy construction sleeve shield with a gilt wash. The shield features an embossed, political style, national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons and embossed Gothic script, ” Reichsfinanzverwaltung-Zollgrenzschutz ” (National Finance Administration Customs Border Guard), all on a subtly pebbled background field. The bottom edge of the shield has a small, embossed, smooth field, plate , stamped, serial number, ” 16543 ”. The shield also has dual, raised, outer border lines and two holes to both sides and the top and bottom edges intended to attach it to a sleeve. The reverse of the shield is a mirror image of the obverse excluding the serial number.