A Latvian Waffen-Ss Social Assistance Certificate And Portrait Auction Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized at Victoria

and was granted the honourary rank of Captain in March 1888

edge wear and light soiling

on a green and white three-looped bow

Footnote: The medal was instituted by the town of Château Thierry in 1920 to recognise the bravery of French and American soldiers who fought in the battle of Chateau Thierry on 18 July 1918

A Latvian Waffen-Ss Social Assistance Certificate And Portrait Auction Footnote: The Battalion was raisedMeasuring 210x295mm, near extremely fine condition with folding creases and two small holes along the creasing. With a small photo, measuring 48x60mm. The document is written in Latvian. It states that a Latvian member of the Waffen SS (name and rank indecipherable), born September 10, 1920, has been granted social assistance in the amount of 22 Reichsmark. He presumably joined the SS on May 12, 1943. The document is dated to Riga on July 3, 1943 and