Germany, Nsdap. A Gau-Level Einsatzleiter Collar Tab GTRexclude his Army Certificate of Appreciation

his Army Certificate of Appreciation (inscribed "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY / CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO Stephen L Garay 843 416 Colonel Armor / On the occasion of your retirement from active service

measuring 49 mm x 48 mm

5 x 10cm (3” x 4”)

to build and direct the operation

Hawkes was transferred to the 1st Brigade

Germany, Nsdap. A Gau-Level Einsatzleiter Collar Tab GTRexclude his Army Certificate of Appreciation(NSDAP Kragenspiegel fr Einsatzleiter). Constructed of red wool with a buckram core, trimmed with Burgundy red piping, and pinned with a gilded bronze NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, above three gilded bronze rank pips, the reverse retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 147 and a secondary code of 256420, measuring 45 mm (w) x 65 mm (l), in extremely fine condition.