Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Em/Nco’s Collar Tab Auction with one braided into two

with one braided into two rows and completing at the ends with thread attachment loop around a brown bakelite button on the right breast of the tunic

and from March 1937 to the beginning of the War as assistant military attaché in Paris (he maintained in close contact with his uncle Leo Geyr of Schweppenburg

one of the doctors noted that "He now complains of pain in his back & from both thighs

Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian general

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Em/Nco’s Collar Tab Auction with one braided into two(Waffen SS Kragenspiegel). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse with bearing machine embroidered, silver aluminum wire double Sig runes, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 50 mm (l), in near very fine condition.