Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Oberscharführer Converted Collar Tab Hold when he took command of

when he took command of the Army Group North

it was determined that he would have permanent disability while in the military and that he would have "less than 1 in 4 chance of earning a full livelihood in the general labour market"

hallmarked with the number "1" flanked by cornucopias on the reverse

many of the men still continued to use their own rifles

worn on original ribbon with hook and eye suspension on reverse

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Oberscharführer Converted Collar Tab Hold when he took command of(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