Black SS, Armed SS, SS VT

Dated April 13, 1945, addressed to SS Grenadier Siebert, promoted to SS-Sturmmann on April 20. Signed by the SS-Untersturmführer and Company Commander of 6./SS Frw. Grenadier Regiment 86. The document has a burn mark at the top.

born in 1903 from Aachen, in police service since April 20, 1931, awarded the German Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen (West Wall Medal), joined the Party on January 1, 1940. Both cards are hole-punched, otherwise only lightly used. One card has a red printed horizontal bar with “Standarte”.

Din A4 sheet, Berlin July 1943, with the facsimile signature of H. Himmler, condition 2+

The letter was drafted in Berlin - Wannsee on May 29, 1943, DIN A4 format. Addressed to all members of the International Criminal Police Commission; written and signed by Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner, condition 2. Accompanied by an issue of “Internationale Kriminalpolizei” dated June 10, 1943 with a large portrait photograph of Dr. Kaltenbrunner as SS-Gruppenführer, which was sent with the letter.
The letter was sent to the Norwegian Minister of the Interior, with corresponding receipt stamp dated June 22, 1943.

Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner was Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt), and he was also President of Interpol (IKPK) as successor to SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich. The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg sentenced Kaltenbrunner to death in its verdict announced on September 30 and October 1, 1946. He was executed on October 16, 1946 at Nuremberg Prison.

Large-format certificate of recognition (35 x 44 cm) for his loyal service to the benefit of the Deutscher Reichskriegerbund (Kyffhäuserbund) e.V., issued on January 30, 1938 by SS-Gruppenführer and Federal Leader Wilhelm Reinhard; large-format decorative certificate (30 x 40 cm) for achieving 4th place in the comparison shooting of the Officers' Shooting Tournament of the “Reichskriegerbund Kyffhäuser”, issued on October 28, 1938 by a Hauptmann a.D. i.V.; both certificates are unfolded but show signs of use.
Paul Hausser, also known as Papa Hausser, (* October 7, 1880 in Brandenburg an der Havel; † December 21, 1972 in Ludwigsburg) was a Lieutenant General of the Reichswehr and SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and Colonel General of the Waffen-SS. Thus Hausser was one of the two highest-ranking officers in the Waffen-SS. Units under his command were responsible for war crimes, particularly against the Soviet and Italian civilian populations, for which he was never indicted. After World War II, Hausser engaged in extensive lobbying activities for Waffen-SS veterans.

for an SS-Untersturmführer, issued on September 21, 1937 by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, with very fine signature “H. Himmler” and countersigned by SS-Obergruppenführer “Jeckeln” Oberabschnitt Mitte.
The large-format sheet is folded and was hole-punched at the top center.

circa 1938. Large business card printed with “Karl Schulz M.D.R.” and the coat of arms of Karl Schulz with SS runes and death's head, condition 2.

Karl Schulz (born February 7, 1905 in Bochum-Weitmar; died February 2, 1989 in Bad Berleburg) was a German politician (NSDAP). After completing school, Schulz participated in the Kapp Putsch in March 1920 with the Marine-Brigade Ehrhardt. Schulz was also a member of the Organisation Consul.

On September 11, 1923, Schulz joined the NSDAP. In 1924, Schulz entered the service of the Schutzpolizei. One year later, he participated in the founding of the NSDAP local chapter in Hamm as part of the NSDAP's re-establishment and became an SA-Führer there. In 1927, he took over leadership of the NSDAP local chapter in Iserlohn. Later he became a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), in which he became Sturmführer in Dortmund in 1929. In 1927, Schulz was disciplinarily transferred by the police administration to Iserlohn for unknown reasons. There he participated in building up the NSDAP local chapter and was local chapter leader until 1929. On January 1, 1929, he was appointed SA-Sturmführer. In the same year, he was again disciplinarily transferred, this time to Derne.

After joining the SS (No. 15,838) on November 6, 1931 as SS-Anwärter, Schulz was promoted several times: January 12, 1932 SS-Mann, January 12, 1932 SS-Truppführer, March 24, 1932 SS-Sturmführer, August 24, 1932 SS-Sturmhauptführer. During this rise in the SS, Schulz was dismissed from the Schutzpolizei on June 30, 1932 — preceded by a leave of absence during high treason proceedings brought against him. On April 20, 1933, Schulz became SS-Sturmbannführer, on November 9, 1933 SS-Obersturmbannführer. From August 16, 1933 until March 1, 1934, he was Commander (acting) of SS-Standarte 19 “Westfalen-Nord” (Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen).

Schulz was a deputy in the National Socialist Reichstag from November 1933 until March 1936.

From March 1, 1934 until April 4, 1934, he was Commander (acting) of SS-Standarte 56 “Franken” (Bamberg) and from April 4 until June 29, 1934 Commander at the SS-Führerschule Gelsenkirchen. On June 29, 1934, Schulz was placed on leave from SS service and on February 12, 1935, he received a formal reprimand from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler for “indebtedness, embezzlement and insubordination.”

From 1935 to 1939, Schulz was full-time Gau inspector of the Gauleitung Westfalen-Nord of the NSDAP (Münster). On July 29, 1935, Schulz submitted a request for discharge from the SS to preempt an expulsion, which was granted on August 5, 1935. From June 1, 1936 until August 8, 1940, Schulz worked as honorary leader of the Westfalen-Nordwest district group of the Reichsluftschutzbund, finally there as Luftschutz-Oberführer.

After two years, Schulz was readmitted to the Allgemeine SS on May 1, 1937 with his old membership number No. 15,838 and his old rank as SS-Obersturmbannführer. From January 25 until September 1, 1938, Schulz was honorary sports officer of SS-Abschnitt XVII. In early 1938, he was named in a list for the election to the Reichstag. His rank at that time was SS-Oberführer.

From 1939, he worked full-time in the Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, 1940–1944 Operations Commander and Deputy Director of the Einsatzstab Litzmannstadt (Ghetto Litzmannstadt) of the Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle. In July 1941, he was called up to the SS-Kavallerie-Ersatz-Abteilung as SS-Reiter d.R. of the Waffen-SS, seconded to the Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle. On November 23, 1942, called up to the Waffen-SS as SS-Schütze d.R., appointed on December 1, 1942 as SS-Unterscharführer d.R. of the Waffen-SS, December 10, 1942 Platoon Leader and Company Troop Leader in the 2nd Company of SS-Polizei-Grenadier-Regiment 2. Another investigation for attempted fraud was dropped on April 23, 1943. Until November 1943, he was assigned to the 7th Base Company of SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Bataillon 4, after which he was transferred to the Headquarters Company of the Waffen-SS at the Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle.

After 1945
After the war, Schulz was a member of the SRP (Sozialistische Reichspartei) until its prohibition in 1952.

Schulz died on February 2, 1989 in Bad Berleburg.

for 10 years of active service in the NSDAP, issued in München on January 30, 1942. The large-format sheet is unfolded and has adhesive residue on the reverse from a picture frame.
SS-Hauptsturmführer Theodor Clausen (SS-Nr. 257595) was battalion commander of II./SS-Geb.-Jäg.-Rgt.78 within the 31. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division in 1945.

for an SS officer candidate born in 1920 with authorization to wear the SS officer candidate badge of the Waffen-SS; used condition.