Germany, Ss. A Ss Mess Hall Table Fork, By Olympia Auction Archive under the heading "Half-Pay": "Captain

under the heading "Half-Pay": "Captain and Brevet-Major J

A lot of six private wartime photographs

transitioning into a slotted pommel facilitating insertion into a firearm

surrounded by a ring of red enamels inscribed “Patriae ac Humanitati” (Latin - Country and Humanity)

as he was considered by the War Department as "over age in grade for combat command"

Germany, Ss. A Ss Mess Hall Table Fork, By Olympia Auction Archive under the heading "Half-Pay": "Captain(SS Tafelgabel). Constructed of magnetic steel, the obverse plain with a curved and tapering handle, the reverse stamped with a mark of SS REICH, a makers mark of ORIGINAL OLYMPIA circumscribing the firms stadium logo, and an inscription of OXYDEX ROSTFREI indicating stainless steel construction, measuring 25 mm (w) x 215 mm (l), in extremely fine condition.