A Single Waffen-Ss Medical Personnel Obersturmführer Shoulder Board Hold Hill of Niagara Falls

Hill of Niagara Falls

composed mostly of Polish volunteers

This citation states that it was awarded to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ernst Pätzold during the First World War as a member of the 2nd Jäger Battalion

maker marked "G & S

A Single Waffen-Ss Medical Personnel Obersturmführer Shoulder Board Hold Hill of Niagara FallsA Single Waffen SS Medizinisches Personal Obersturmfhrer shoulder board; constructed of matte silver aluminum Russian braiding; with a silvered metal (magnetic) rank pip and a silvered aluminum medical personnel shoulder board cypher; accompanied by a pebbled metal (magnetic) button marked Assmann & Sohne, Ges. Gesch. on the underside; measuring 105 mm x 37 mm; worn and uniform removed condition.