Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar visually-hidden is on record as having

is on record as having been an Ordnance Storekeeper at Quebec City

front visor is patent leather

but the tunic is in an otherwise near extremely fine condition

(Waffen-SS Schulterklappe für Obersturmbannführer der LSSAH)

Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar visually-hidden is on record as having(Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik in Gold mit Bandschnalle und Etui). Instituted 31 March 1949. (1973 1989 issue). Constructed of 12K Gold, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, circumscribed by an inscription of DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of NATIONAL PREIS (NATIONAL