He was wounded three times in the battles for Madrid
A veteran of both world wars
1943 as SS-Untersturmführer and leader of the 16th Sapper Company SS Panzer Mechanized Infantry Regiment “Deutschland” of the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich”
the banner sewn in place to a 685 mm long horizontal wooden suspension rod with metal caps on either end
Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of Emperor Menelik Ii, Iii Class Commander, C.1950 Auction Archive He was wounded three timesInstituted in 1924. In bronze gilt with red and green enamels, measuring 49. 7 mm (w) x 76. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, on its original full length neck ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Menelik II is an Ethiopian order established in 1924 by then Regent Tafari Makonnen, during the reign of Empress Zewditu I, to honour the memory of Emperor Menelik II. It was often referred to as the Order of the Lion, for