Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Wehrpaß To Paul Wende, Wachtbataillon Sachsenhausen Archive Klasse mit Schwertern” printed in

Klasse mit Schwertern” printed in black ink on the obverse

EHRBUNG” (“In the Year of the National Socialist Rising”) while the top displays a Hanoverian Horse and the date “1933”

postmarked "Berlin

The medal was created in 1944 and first distributed in 1946 to those who met the requirements from the Chinese Nationalist Government

eagle’s head is below the bottom rope

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Wehrpaß To Paul Wende, Wachtbataillon Sachsenhausen Archive Klasse mit Schwertern” printed in(Waffen SS Wehrpa). Constructed of a field grey card stock binding, the interior with 56 paginated interior pages lightly filled with stamps and handwritten entries, retaining a black and white photograph of the bearer, measuring 105 mm (w) x 145 mm (h), with minor soiling evident, in near extremely fine condition. Footnote: Paul Wende was born on 11 September 1885 and was drafted into military Service on 1 April 1944. He was sworn into SS Totenkopf