SS Camp Personnel Collar Tab

1) Signed photograph of Rudolf Witzig (August 14, 1916 - October 3, 2001); Major of the Wehrmacht; measuring 129 mm x 88 mm. 2) Signed photograph of Alfred Grislawski (November 2, 1919 - September 19, 2003); Luftwaffe Ace and Hauptmann of the Luftwaffe; measuring 150 mm x 102 mm. 3) Signed photograph of Viktor Vitali (April 3, 1920 - January 16, 2012); Oberleutnant of the Luftwaffe; measuring 129 mm x 87 mm. 4) Signed photograph of Helmut Störchel (January 18, 1913 - February 5, 2004); Major of the Luftwaffe; 82 mm x 112 mm. Overall extremely fine condition.

A second war German parade mounted grouping of two awards, consisting of 1) An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class; white metal cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date “1813” in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 45.12 mm x 45.41 mm, 2) A Memel Commemorative medal; in bronze; the obverse with two raised male figures, the one on the right bearing the German flag in his left hand, with his right hand placed around the shoulders of the figure on the left, with broken chains around his right arm (symbolic of the liberation of the Sudeten German from Czechoslovak oppression), with the German eagle directly below; the reverse with an open-ended oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom and inscribed “Zur Erinnerung and die Heimkehr des Memellandes 22. März, 1939” (In Remembrance for the return of the Memel region, March 22, 1939) within the wreath; measuring 31.90 mm; mounted on a German parade style medal bar; on a wool backer; horizontal pinback; very fine condition.

(KKS = Deutsches Kartell für Sportschiessen): Bronze with a silver wash, unmarked, illustrating the German Shooting Association "KKS" insignia in the centre, voided around the letters, the outer ring inscribed "GAUMEISTERSCHAFT 1936" above and "GAU HANSA" flanked by swastikas below, the two inscriptions separated by four oak leaves on either side, 63.7 mm, with evidence of something having been severed from the award along the bottom edge, overall loss of the wash on the obverse, better than very fine.

This cap is in typical Heer (Army) green doeskin wool with a 43 mm forest green wool band and a traditional high peak, with matching red piping along the top edge and flanking either side of the band, indicating the branch to be Flak. It is decorated with a well-detailed eagle insignia on the peak in silver bullion wire, in various textures, interlaced with gray threading giving definition to the wings, on a moss green wool base, plus an open-ended wreath in silver bullion wire on the band below, interlaced with white threading giving definition to the wreath, surrounding a tri-colour cockade on the band, the cockade in silver and blackened rolled bullion wire with a red felt centre. The silver bullion chin cords are appropriately knotted at either end, designating the wearer to be an officer, and are attached to pebbled silvered buttons on either side. The vulcanfibre visor has a smooth black patent leather-look upper and has a butterscotch-coloured synthetic underside. The sweatband in light brown leather, emboss stamped "EXTRA" inside a capsule-shaped frame on the right side, a German newspaper acting as a support under the sweatband at the front, with the two ends stitched together at the rear. The inside of the cap is lined in a greenish-gold coloured nylon, with the dome brandishing a diamond-shaped celluloid moisture shield, printed in black ink on the lining with a stylized eagle bearing a capsule-shaped bar inscribed "Erstklassig" (First Class), above the Clemens Wagner Manufacturing insignia, underneath the moisture shield, measuring 220 mm x 255 mm x 150 mm in height overall. The cap exhibits fraying and mothing in the green doeskin wool, the forest green wool band and the red piping, with one large hole prevalent at the rear, surface chipping on the vulcanfibre visor, the greenish-gold coloured nylon lining in the dome tattered and frayed, soiling and wear on the sweatband and lining from active use. As worn, better than fine. (C:100)