portraying long straight wings with a central red enamel disc with superimposed gilt propellor on top
on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback
A medal bar consisting of an Africa Star
moderate loss of finish is visible throughout the medal
He arrived in France on 7 June 1916 and saw action throughout the fighting at Ypres (June 1916) where he won his first Military Medal on the Somme
Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Gebirgsjäger Standartenführer Shoulder Board Auction Archive portraying long straight wings with(Waffen SS Schulterklappe fr einen Standartenfhrer der Gebirgstruppe). Constructed of black wool with a rigid card stock core, topped by a layer of green wool, overlaid by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with two rank pips, retaining a pebbled aluminum button with a reverse screw post and nut, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 100 mm (l), demonstrating some material fatigue to the wool underlay (possibly consistent with