A Waffen-Ss Horst Wessel Cufftitle Auction maker marked GARRARD & CO

maker marked GARRARD & CO

without manufacturer's logo or mark

obverse with photo and inscribed "Ritterkreuzträger" over "Oberst Hans Christern" at the bottom

gilt wear on the Cross

Accompanied by a CD containing twenty-two pages with copies of his CEF Index Cards

A Waffen-Ss Horst Wessel Cufftitle Auction maker marked GARRARD & COWaffen SS Cufftitle "Horst Wessel"; this cufftitle measures approximately 44. 5cm (or 18 inches) in length, and is approximately 32mm (or 1 1 8 inches) tall; it is of black rayon construction, of standard, textbook "BeVo (for Bandfabrik Ewald Vorsteher, Wuppertal) manufacture, machine woven, with Latin script, "Horst Wessel " embroidered in the center in silvery grey rayon threads; cufftitle is bordered at both the top and bottom edges with interwoven