A Wartime Signed Photo Of Oak Leaves & Swords Recipient Ss Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler Hold It was completed in August

It was completed in August 1940 and was used only until March 1941

maker plate on the reverse marked "MADE IN ENGLAND"

which was escorting a convoy from the Salerno beachhead back to Oran

emboss stamped "DER STAHLHOF WIRTSCHAFTSABTEILUNG MAGDEBURG" (The Economic Department Stahlhuf Magdeburg) between the first and second slots from the end

A Wartime Signed Photo Of Oak Leaves & Swords Recipient Ss Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler Hold It was completed in AugustA photo, measuring 103x147mm, mint condition, of Sylvester Stadler. He signed it in blue ink. Interestingly, all his signatures, including this one, say Silvester, yet every source lists his first name as Sylvester. The photo shows him wearing the Oak Leaves, but not the Swords, and his rank at the time is Obersturmbannfhrer. Footnote: Sylvester Stadler (19101995) was a highly decorated SS officer, winning a Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords,