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

maker marked GARRARD & CO

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

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

without manufacturer's logo or mark

placed at the junction of the cross

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