A Wartime Signed Photo Of Oak Leaves & Swords Recipient Ss Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler Hold emboss stamped "DER STAHLHOF WIRTSCHAFTSABTEILUNG

emboss stamped "DER STAHLHOF WIRTSCHAFTSABTEILUNG MAGDEBURG" (The Economic Department Stahlhuf Magdeburg) between the first and second slots from the end

swimming and music

which was escorting a convoy from the Salerno beachhead back to Oran

Award Document for Infantry Badge

maker plate on the reverse marked "MADE IN ENGLAND"

A Wartime Signed Photo Of Oak Leaves & Swords Recipient Ss Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler Hold emboss stamped "DER STAHLHOF WIRTSCHAFTSABTEILUNGA photo, measuring 103x147mm, mint condition, of Sylvester Stadler. He signed it in blue ink. Interestingly, all his signatures, including this one, say Silvester, yet every source lists his first name as Sylvester. The photo shows him wearing the Oak Leaves, but not the Swords, and his rank at the time is Obersturmbannfhrer. Footnote: Sylvester Stadler (19101995) was a highly decorated SS officer, winning a Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords,