Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Portepees Hold Due to his brutal methods

Due to his brutal methods he acquired the nickname “Bloody Ferdinand” (Blutiger Ferdinand) and became Hitler’s favourite commander

Lippert was awarded the German Cross in Gold posthumously on February 20 and was promoted to SS-Obersturmbannführer

X - Fighting around Cambrai

by Deschler & Sohn (marked “1” on the pin)

A unique Kriegsmarine identification tag

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Portepees Hold Due to his brutal methods(Portepees). A mixed lot of portepees, including: 1. A Heer NCOs sword portepee, consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorn with a green cupule, suspended from a stem of identical construction, in turn descending from a green threaded corn trimmed with machine embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses, unmarked, measuring 42 cm in length, in near mint condition. 2. A Heer 7. Kompanie porepee, consisting of a stylized silver grey threaded acorn