Germany, Nsdap. A Member’s Armband Hold " The 5th Battalion Rangers

" The 5th Battalion Rangers broke across the sea wall and barbed wire entanglements

Birchall was dubbed the "Saviour of Ceylon" by the Canadian press and not

1941 and was posted to the Mahan-class destroyer USS Cushing (DD-376) from February 8 to October 2

1940 he was awarded the War Merit Cross with Swords

and engraved marked "Milosheva"

Germany, Nsdap. A Member’s Armband Hold " The 5th Battalion Rangers(NSDAP Armband fr Mitglieder). Constructed of red cotton, the exterior bearing a white cotton disc measuring 92 mm in diameter, overlaid by a machine embroidered black mobile swastika, flanked by a stamp of a veterans organization, otherwise unmarked, measuring 200 mm (w) x 115 mm (h), with some soiling evident, in overall very fine condition.