Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Republic of A rare and unusual Waffen-SS

A rare and unusual Waffen-SS Officer’s visor cap

the left edge folded over and stitched in place with white threading to form a hoist sleeve

The interviewer's notes stated that De Vries enlisted under the name of O’Halloran

Republic Second War belt buckles:

revised edition of “The American Sword 1775-1945: A Survey of the Swords Worn by the Uniform Forces of the United States from the Revolution to the Close of World War II”

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Republic of A rare and unusual Waffen-SS(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class,