Description
stamped in black ink "SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO / PLEASE CREDIT / RELEASED BY AUTHORITY OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS OR BY THEATRE PRESS CENSOR" and "SCHOOL OF PERSONNEL" with "P-1003" in handwritten black ink and inscribed "Stauffer" in pencil
107 mm x 107 mm
unmarked on the ricasso
each constructed of dark green wool and topped by dual silver aluminum wire insignia bisected by orange threaded tresses
plus a Medal of Honour in three grades
Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Soldbuch to SS-Rottenführer Gerhard Kösters, Decorated LSSAH Soldier consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac stamped in black ink "SIGNAL(Waffen SS Soldbuch). Constructed of a grey card stock binding with 32 paginated interior pages filled with handwritten and stamped entries, named to GERHARD KSTERS, a Waffen SS soldier who primarily served with the Leibstandarte SS AH and saw extensive combat during the Second World War, receiving in numerous decorations, measuring 10 cm (w) x 13. 5 cm (h), demonstrating extensive material fatigue which includes deterioration of the pages, the loss