Germany, Ss. A 13Th Waffen Mountain Division Of The Ss Handschar Collar Tab Hold 2) which took over No

2) which took over No

after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during the Second World War

where a foreign armed opposition or imminent threat of hostile action was encountered

eventually being promoted to Colonel General

the naming having been erased through a series of scratches

Germany, Ss. A 13Th Waffen Mountain Division Of The Ss Handschar Collar Tab Hold 2) which took over No(13. Waffen Gebirgs Division der SS Handschar Kragenspiegel). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing a silver grey machine embroidered hand clutching a scimitar, topped by a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 51. 97 mm (w) x 39. 67 mm (h), extremely fine.