Germany, SS. A Rare Kommandobuch to SS-Untersturmführer Heinz Schmeling, Sonderkommando R certificate_of_authenticity with the iron steel blade

with the iron steel blade measuring at 23cm (l) x 5cm (w) and engraved “Collins & Co

clutching a red and white enameled Cross Pattée in its talons

the badge measuring 66 mm (w) x 80

graduating number one in the Class of 1889

set on a rolling frame and with a swivel hinge allowing the barrel to be raised and lowered

Germany, SS. A Rare Kommandobuch to SS-Untersturmführer Heinz Schmeling, Sonderkommando R certificate_of_authenticity with the iron steel blade(SS Kommandobuch). A rare and well preserved SS issue Kommandobuch, constructed of a card stock binding with 28 paginated interior pages, lightly filled with handwritten entries, named to HEINZ SCHMELING, a native of Berlin who was born on 24 January 1913 in Berlin, and who held the rank of SS Untersturmfhrer at the time of issue, featuring entries for pay dated 20 March 1942 through to 6 January 1943, certified by the handwritten signature of an