Germany. A Waffen-Ss Membership Stick Pin By Hoffstätter Bonn; Numbered 120871 GTRexclude with 1897 clasp

with 1897 clasp

Footnote: Thomas Russell Philip was born on February 29

at the age of 57 and is buried in Beechwood Cemetery

John of Malta and the of the Order itself in an ornate frame

edged by twisted wire

Germany. A Waffen-Ss Membership Stick Pin By Hoffstätter Bonn; Numbered 120871 GTRexclude with 1897 claspAn example of a second war period Waffen SS membership stick pin; in silvered bronze and black enamels; the obverse consisting of two SS runes within a bed of black enamels; maker marked Hoffsttter Bonn, Ges. Gesch. and numbered 120871 on the reverse; 50 mm long knurled pin; measuring 13 mm in diameter; in overall extremely fine condition.