Germany, Ss. A Dirlewanger Brigade Em/Nco’s Collar Tab Auction 24/QUEBEC R

24/QUEBEC R

with the Medical Examiner noting Upton's "Excellent Physique"

and "Po" above the date "1940" on the lining over the left breast pocket

with four gilded bronze rank pips pinned through reverse and two machine-embroidered gold wire bands

At any given moment during the final phase 300 of them would be signposting the newcomer’s path to hell

Germany, Ss. A Dirlewanger Brigade Em/Nco’s Collar Tab Auction 24/QUEBEC R(Kragenspiegel fr Mnner der 36. Waffen Grenadier Division der SS Dirlewanger). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing machine embroidered silver grey crossed rifles above a stick grenade, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 58 mm (l), some material fatigue is evident to the wool, with mothing of the buckram and the remnants of an adhesive to the reverse, in overall better than very fine condition.