Germany, Ss. A Ss Schutzpolizei Soldbuch To Wachtmeister Thilo Matthes Hold and maker’s mark of “RICHARD

and maker’s mark of “RICHARD SIEPER & SÖHNE

on March 17

Imperial Germany

on an original bow-tied ladies ribbon

The interior retains a magnetic metal ring

Germany, Ss. A Ss Schutzpolizei Soldbuch To Wachtmeister Thilo Matthes Hold and maker’s mark of “RICHARD(SS Schutzpolizei Soldbuch). An extremely well preserved SS Schutzpolizei Soldbuch issued to Wachtmeister Thile Matthes, constructed of a card stock binding and retaining all 40 paginated interior pages, featuring a black and white photo of Matthes and with handwritten entries indicating that he was born on 31 August 1904, was issued the Soldbuch on 26 December 1944, and was trained on the Karabiner 98k rifle and 7. 65 mm standard issue pistol,