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He received the (47th) Swords on February 20
screen printed in black ink "PATENT / UNIFORMMEND / HEMD 37 NORM" (Patent / Uniformmend / Shirt 37 Normal)
he suffered a gun shot wound (shrapnel) to the neck while in action at the Somme and admitted to No
one slider with a smooth finished black upper housing a pebbled aluminum downward-pointing D-ring on the belt
from April 1 to May 9
Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Tropical Breast Eagle Auction He received the (47th) Swords(Heer Brustadler). Constructed of light brown threading on an olive drab cotton twill backer, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 108 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.