Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Scharführer’s Collar Tab Auction Archive It is signed in blue

It is signed in blue ink by  SS-Standartenführer and Leader of SS Detachment IV

(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II

SA OBERGRUPPENFÜHRER”

conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great in 1987

Also included is an extensive group of newspaper published photos taken by Kratochwil

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Scharführer’s Collar Tab Auction Archive It is signed in blue(Waffen SS Kragenspiegel fr Scharfhrer). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing a single silver aluminum wire tresse bisected by a black threaded band, pinned with a silver zink rank pip, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 60 mm (l), the wool demonstrates moderate material fatigue and the rank pip shows significant oxidation, a field worn and uniform removed example in very fine condition.