Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Oberscharführer Converted Collar Tab Hold Footnote: Paul Wende was born

Footnote: Paul Wende was born on 11 September 1885 and was drafted into military Service on 1 April 1944

(Grubenwehr Anstecknadeln)

many of the men still continued to use their own rifles

An Order of Vasa

measuring 26 mm (w) x 37 mm (h)

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Oberscharführer Converted Collar Tab Hold Footnote: Paul Wende was born(Waffen SS Kragenspiegel fr Oberscharfhrer). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with two bronze rank pips, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 60 mm (l), the pips have lost their original silver finish and a hole is visible where one has been removed or lost to time (indicating a previous Untersturmfhrer tab), with an additional spot of soiling flanking one pip, in very