SS-Hauptscharführer rank collar tabs were not piped
Accompanied by a photo album consisting of numerous newspaper clippings of Gerow
he was assigned as Coast Guard representative in the Office of Inspector of Machinery
designed by
twenty-eight Collar Badges and eleven Shoulder Titles
Germany, HJ. A Mixed Lot of Badges Province of China SS-Hauptscharführer rank collar tabs were1. An HJ Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, constructed of silvered cupal, the obverse consisting of a Tyr rune, bearing a central mobile swastika, situated within a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a vertical pinback, stamped with an award number of 90764, also marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M1 34 for Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen, measuring 30 mm