Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Oberscharführer Converted Collar Tab Hold (Grubenwehr Anstecknadeln)

(Grubenwehr Anstecknadeln)

worn on original ribbon with hook and eye suspension on reverse

when he took command of the Army Group North

An Order of Vasa

many of the men still continued to use their own rifles

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Oberscharführer Converted Collar Tab Hold (Grubenwehr Anstecknadeln)(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