Germany, Ss. A 13Th Waffen Division Of The Ss Handschar Em/Nco’s Collar Tab Newly Listed the Battalion was absorbed into

the Battalion was absorbed into the 24th Reserve Battalion

and awarded to foreigners and Tuscan citizen in recognition of extraordinary military service to the state of Tuscany

the latter with blank spaces designed for entries below

he was transferred to Torpedo School at the Shore Base H

An oval shaped oak leaf wreath in heavily silvered zink

Germany, Ss. A 13Th Waffen Division Of The Ss Handschar Em/Nco’s Collar Tab Newly Listed the Battalion was absorbed into(Kragenspiegel fr Mnner der 13. Waffen Gebirgs Division der SS Handschar [kroatische Nr. 1.]). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey hand gripping a scimitar, flanked by a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 58 mm (l), with minor material fatigue evident, a Dachau manufactured example in better than very fine condition.