Germany, SS. A Mint Croatian Waffen-SS Sleeve Shield, First Pattern visually-hidden running across the front with

running across the front with matching knots on either end

until the late 1930s

that he had been "taken off Stretcher Bearer and put on Horse Ambulance" duty and that his "sickness lasted about six weeks

Had two operations there

He listed his next of kin as his fiancée Frau Gertrud Sell in Magdeburg

Germany, SS. A Mint Croatian Waffen-SS Sleeve Shield, First Pattern visually-hidden running across the front with(rmelschild der Kroatischen Freiwilligen der Waffen SS). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered red and white Croatian national shield, unmarked, 50 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.