Original Item. Only One Available. The National Socialist War Victim's Care (Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung or NSKOV) was a social welfare organization for seriously wounded veterans as well as frontline fighters of World War I. The NSKOV was established in 1934 and was affiliated to the NSDAP Party. The headquarters of the organization was in Kreuzberg, Berlin (at the time called the SW 68 district) and employed the architect Willy Muehlau to design cheap residential complexes for NSDAP war veterans. These complexes emerged some time between the late 1920s and early 1930s and are protected according to the City of Berlin's Denkmalliste (monument list). The organization was also known as the National Socialist League for Disabled Veterans.

This is a very nice WWII NSKOV nickel-plated brass Flag Pole Finial or Topper (Fahnenstange Endstück) specifically for the N.S.K.O.V. chapter in Gau Dresden, one of the Administrative divisions of Germany. The design has the NSKOV emblem in the center, with a canted Swas (hook cross) inside a red circle, which is overlaid on the black Iron Cross emblem. This is surrounded by an oval leaf, with a sword piercing the entire emblem and connecting to the end fitting. The crossguard of the sword is stamped:

N.S.K.O.V.
GAU DRESDEN

This finial is marked at the bottom with the RZM logo, and M3/27, for manufacture by I. H. Schmidt Söhne, in Iserlohn, Germany. It measures about 14⅝" long and 4" wide.

These Flag Pole Finials are extremely hard to find, as most were destroyed or melted back down as scrap. This is one in very nice condition, ready to add to any collection!