standard buckram core (slightly warped)
He joined the SS in 1933 and became a platoon leader in the SS-Sonderkommando (special command) “Berlin”
the obverse featuring a right facing portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II
A First War George V Military Cross - very crisp detail
Jodl signed it in black ink
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge certificate_of_authenticity standard buckram core (slightly warped)(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 80 mm (w) x 54. 08 mm (h),