later Mentioned in Despatches on December 12th and made a Brevet Major
part of Colombia)
Mellish was taken on strength at the General Depot and commissioned from the ranks on June 13
later in February the remaining part merged with the Don Group into a newly reinstated Army Group South
with black embroidered strands representing the five drones and yellow and red embroidery representing the cords
A German Police General’s Buckle With 1St Pattern Brocade Dress Belt Auction Archive later Mentioned in Despatches onBuckle in fire gilded aluminum, 49. 00mm, with highly polished highlights, marked on reverse D. R. G. M., in slightly worn condition, with small gilding loss to reverse of buckle due to wear, extremely fine condition; with 1st pattern Police Officers brocade belt (effective January 11, 1937), 46mm high, constructed of interwoven aluminum flat wire, with two 5mm wide broken black stipes at the top and the bottom, and with broken central 4mm wide red