to Lance Sergeant on October 1st
1918 with an undisclosed illness and discharged on the 8th
Footnote: The Order of Merit was instituted in 1906 as the Medal of Merit
Footnote: badge comes with a small file containing recipient’s name and copy of his picture (Erich Heinecke
It also has eight pages with eleven black and white photographs in the centre on a white paper stock
Germany, Waffen-Ss. A Set Of Mann Artillery Personnel Shoulder Straps Hold to Lance Sergeant on October(Waffen SS Schulterklappen). A set of Waffen SS Mann shoulder straps, each constructed of black doeskin wool and trimmed with bright red piping, indicating Artillery Personnel, each bearing a reinforced buttonhole with the reverse in field grey wool, attached to a black wool strap, lined with black cotton, with an analogous reinforced buttonhole, both unmarked and measuring 44 mm (w) x 108 mm (l), and in better than extremely fine condition.