Germany, SS. A HIAG Tracing Service File for SS-Kanonier Josef Knebel Auction hole at the neck end

hole at the neck end of both the board and strap for the placement around a button post for uniform attachment

Loose black threads emanating from the maker’s mark indicate that a name tag likely occupied the space

Most of the badges are embroidered and come in a variety of colours

Accompanied by the Order’s star

Footnote: 1795 examples of this Civil Service Order Knight’s Cross Second Class with Swords awarded

Germany, SS. A HIAG Tracing Service File for SS-Kanonier Josef Knebel Auction hole at the neck end(HIAG Suchdienst Papier). A HIAG (Mutual Aid Association of Former Waffen SS Members) Tracing Service file for SS Kanonier Josef Knebl, who was born on 23 December 1926 in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, who served with the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, and who disappeared on the evening of 11 12 February 1945 in Budapest during the Soviet assault on the city (with last known communication on 30 January), filed by his father Josef,