the name is most likely Schmidt
He arrived in France on 7 June 1916 and saw action throughout the fighting at Ypres (June 1916) where he won his first Military Medal on the Somme
of varying sizes and condition
portraying long straight wings with a central red enamel disc with superimposed gilt propellor on top
A medal bar consisting of an Africa Star
Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Gebirgsjäger Standartenführer Shoulder Board Auction Archive the name is most likely(Waffen SS Schulterklappe fr einen Standartenfhrer der Gebirgstruppe). Constructed of black wool with a rigid card stock core, topped by a layer of green wool, overlaid by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with two rank pips, retaining a pebbled aluminum button with a reverse screw post and nut, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 100 mm (l), demonstrating some material fatigue to the wool underlay (possibly consistent with