Germany, SS. An NCO Degen Portepee United Republic of Two medals are awarded annually:

Two medals are awarded annually: one to a Russian and one to a foreign scientist

Naming is officially impressed on the WWI Trio and privately engraved on the WWII pair

the Battalion was absorbed into the 19th Reserve Battalion

of two-piece polished wood construction

flanked by a raised date of “1939”

Germany, SS. An NCO Degen Portepee United Republic of Two medals are awarded annually:(SS Portepee). A well preserved SS portepee for an NCOs Degen, consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorn interspersed with black threading, topped by a black threaded cupule, emanating from a non magnetic metal stem which in turn connects to a silver aluminum wire cord trimmed along both edges with machine embroidered black tresses, unmarked, measuring 40 cm in total length, demonstrating only minor material fatigue, in extremely fine