Germany, SS. A Sturmbannführer Collar Tab United Republic of Fullsize (frosted silver with a

Fullsize (frosted silver with a fire gilded laurel wreath and black enamelled swastika

it was also awarded to a number of German

Footnote: Ernest Alvia "Smokey" Smith VC

1015 and Fortress Battalion "A

three side hooks (Seitenhaken)

Germany, SS. A Sturmbannführer Collar Tab United Republic of Fullsize (frosted silver with a(SS Kragenspiegel fr einen Sturmbannfhrer). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with four silvered pips, the reverse retaining a partially intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label, measuring 40 mm (w) x 60 mm (l), demonstrating moderate material fatigue which includes partial detachment of the piping, in uniform removed and very fine condition.