Footnote: effective 13 February 1939 police officers with SScommission were permitted to the wear of the SS leader’s brocade dress belt pattern
Membership badge
that the 88th remained relatively obscure in the post-war years
flanked on each side by four sun rays and oak leaves with acorns
Four and a half months after enlisting
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Medals Archive Footnote: effective 13 February 1939(Medaillen). A pair of medals, including a War Merit Cross II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 91 mm (w) x 48. 11 mm (h), weighing 23. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original package of issue, constructed of light