Germany, Heer/Waffen-Ss. A Private Wartime & Post War Album Of Army Gefreiter, Later Ss-Oberscharführer certificate_of_authenticity 78 mm x 29 mm

78 mm x 29 mm

born March 19th

His fellow officers called him "Uncle Willy"

It is the letter that came with the award document

Jones died on March 26

Germany, Heer/Waffen-Ss. A Private Wartime & Post War Album Of Army Gefreiter, Later Ss-Oberscharführer certificate_of_authenticity 78 mm x 29 mmThe 31 photos were taken between ca. 1941 and 1948. The album also contains a postcard with best wishes for Christmas 1949 from the three from Aschaffenburg (northern Bavaria). The photos show a soldier of the Heer in the rank of Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) who at some point joined the SS to become an SS Oberscharfhrer in the SS Polizei Division, identified by his cuff title. The soldier whose name is not mentioned was awarded the Infantry Assault