Germany, Waffen-SS. A Private Purchase Panzer Division Leibstandarte A.H. Unterscharführer Service Tunic Auction with a raised Cross Pattée

with a raised Cross Pattée with a central monogram of Duke Bernhard III

reverse illustrating an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

both with vertical pinbacks and illegible Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) marks

as although an equivalent of twenty infantry battalions had been used during various counterattacks against the 30th Infantry Division alone

two bronze stars on its original ribbon

Germany, Waffen-SS. A Private Purchase Panzer Division Leibstandarte A.H. Unterscharführer Service Tunic Auction with a raised Cross PattéeA well preserved example of a fine quality manufacture private purchase service tunic belonging to an Unterscharfhrer of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte A. H. It is constructed of fine quality field grey wool with a turned down collar that transitions into double breasted lapels, and is flanked on each side by collar tabs. Both collar tabs are constructed of a buckram core with a black wool upper and are surrounded by a string of twisted