Germany, Imperial. A 1914-1918 Honour Cross For Volunteers Auction Archive which was an anti-partisan operation

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Theodor Eicke SS Totenkopf Commander Signature - On 9 x 13

owner's label inscribed "U535 HALIFAX / LT/CDR R GLEADOW / DEC 16 52 A24479" sewn in place on the waistband

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 36309 of Friday

Germany, Imperial. A 1914-1918 Honour Cross For Volunteers Auction Archive which was an anti-partisan operationAn example of a 1914 1918 Honour Cross for Volunteers (Kriegsehrenkreuz der Kriegsfreiwilligen); a gilt bronze cross pattee with swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with an enameled medallion in the colours of the German national flag (black, white, red), surrounded by a blue ring of enamels, inscribed Allezeit Bereit (German Always Ready); the reverse with pebbled non enameled arms, inscribed Den Kriegsfreiwilligen 1914 (To the War