Document Grouping to Obergefreiter Helmut Thiele Cloth Insignia The obverse of the scabbard

The obverse of the scabbard shows the serial number S/177G with the reverse being marked 257 which is the code for the maker Christian Theodore Dicke (CTD) of Lüdenscheid

This is near excellent

and would make a nice display piece

with some scuffing and discoloration

There are various service entries and weapons listed

Document Grouping to Obergefreiter Helmut Thiele Cloth Insignia The obverse of the scabbardDocument Grouping to Obergefreiter Helmut Thiele The grouping consists of the following documents: 1) Award document for the Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen (Paratrooper Badge) issued in Berlin on 15 March 1943. Document has a facsimile signature of General der Flieger (Full General of Flying Troops) Gustav Kastner Kirdorf (awarded the German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943; committed suicide in Berchtesgaden on 4 May 1945); 2) Award document for the