circumscribed by SS motto “Meine Ehre heißt Treue” (“My Honour is Loyalty”)
Sudetenland (present-day Jindřichov near Krnov
Hipkiss signed his first Attestation Paper as a Private (53686) with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"
and Prussia: War Aid Merit Cross (silvered war materials
screw back version (retaining plate marked “800”)
Mongolia, People's Republic. An Order Of Combat Valour, C.1955 certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by SS motto “MeineInstituted in 1945. Type I (1945 1970). In silver gilt with red, white, light blue, green and yellow enamels, number engraved "392" on the reverse, measuring 50. 3 mm (w) x 48. 2 mm (h), screwback, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Combat Valour was instituted on October 17, 1945 and awarded for service to and in the armed forces.