An Early Numbered Waffen-Ss Patron Member Lapel Stickpin By Deschler Archive while also taking the jobs

while also taking the jobs that American draftees left behind

The second picture is dated to Christmas 1940 and shows Labitzke in the rank of Unteroffizier (NCO)

Stalag Luft III near Sagan in Lower Silesia

contact marks on the reverse

coupled with a tactical skill well above the average of his rank

An Early Numbered Waffen-Ss Patron Member Lapel Stickpin By Deschler Archive while also taking the jobsA very desirable Waffen SS Frderndes Mitglied lapel stick pin; in silvered tombac and balck enamels; 51 mm long knurled pin; maker marked Deschler Mnchen 9, Ges. Gesch., and numbered K8429 on the reverse; measuring 19 mm x 15 mm; very fine condition. Footnote: A Frderndes Mitglied der SS was an individual who did not formally join the Waffen SS for active duty, but instead contributed financially to the organization on a month basis towards the work