Germany, Postschutzpolizei. A Rare Wartime Studio Portrait Of A Zughauptführer With Dagger Auction Archive and Afrika Korps Breast Insignia

and Afrika Korps Breast Insignia (gold-coloured embroidered insignia

A 1917-1918 Austrian Order of the Iron Crown

silver frame marked "2" and "800"

Private Walsh was later transferred to the 3rd Infantry Battalion "Toronto Regiment" and was a member of a large trench raiding party of five officers and ninety other ranks

The stamp is lightly faded but still visible and clearly legible

Germany, Postschutzpolizei. A Rare Wartime Studio Portrait Of A Zughauptführer With Dagger Auction Archive and Afrika Korps Breast InsigniaA rare photo of a member of the Postschutzpolizei (Postal Protection Police), who were tasked with securing the postal, telephone, and telegraph system. The man in the picture can be identified by his collar tabs and shoulder straps as a Zughauptfhrer (6th highest rank, out of 12). On his left arm he wears the Postschutz Enlisted Mans Sleeve Eagle. Note the Postschutz dagger, which was commissioned in 1939. He also wears a Hindenburg Cross ribbon. The