Germany, Luftwaffe/Ss. A Wehrpaß To Luftwaffe Signals Obergefreiter, Later Ss-Totenkopf Guard In Kzs Mittelbau And Sachsenhausen Newly Listed WWI 212th Battalion "Winnipeg Americans"

WWI 212th Battalion "Winnipeg Americans" Collar Tabs - "American Legion" version

Scandinavian on March 13

reverse inscribed "FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNG" inside a horizontal box in the centre

stating the he had eight years' previous service with the Grenadier Guards (participating in the London Campaign (Egypt) in 1898 and in the Boer War (South Africa) in 1901-1902)

Accompanying the cap is a 3 Armee 1914/1915 Badge that was attached to the cap when originally found

Germany, Luftwaffe/Ss. A Wehrpaß To Luftwaffe Signals Obergefreiter, Later Ss-Totenkopf Guard In Kzs Mittelbau And Sachsenhausen Newly Listed WWI 212th Battalion "Winnipeg Americans"The Wehrpa is dated to Zwittau (present day Svitavy, central Czech Republic) on October 17, 1939. Measuring 105 (w) x 148 (h) mm, with light scuffing and warping of the cover, remains extremely fine. Footnote: Josef Rssler was born on March 15, 1905 in Michelsdorf near Troppau (present day Opava, eastern Czech Republic). He was drafted on September 2, 1940 and received his basic training with Luftgau Nachrichten (Signals) Regiment 8. Between November