Germany, SS. A Pair of Waffen-SS Infantry Shoulder Boards for Officer Ranks Auction Archive his age at death as

his age at death as 38

the hanger inscribed "HONORABLY DISCHARGED" over an interlocking "W and V" (West Virginia)

as was law after 1945

He had been a constant visitor in the trenches and shell-holes held by his troops

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “TAPPER OG TRO” (“BRAVERY AND LOYALTY”)

Germany, SS. A Pair of Waffen-SS Infantry Shoulder Boards for Officer Ranks Auction Archive his age at death as(Waffen SS Schulterklappen fr Offiziere der Infanterie). A pair of Waffen SS Infantry shoulder boards for Officer ranks, including an SS Untersturmfhrer board, constructed of black wool with a rigid card stock core, trimmed with white piping, and topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping, the reverse with an integral strap perforated with a reinforced buttonhole, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), and; an SS Obersturmfhrer board,