Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Flak/Artillery Hauptsturmführer Shoulder Board certificate_of_authenticity marked 4 on the pin

marked 4 on the pin (for Steinhauer & Lück)

the other with a identification panel inscribed "NAVY YARD - PEARL HARBOR / SHIP REPAIR UNIT / SMITH

circumscribed by the Latin inscription EX ORIENTE LUX (LIGHT FROM THE EAST)

All six of the survivors were wounded

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Flak/Artillery Hauptsturmführer Shoulder Board certificate_of_authenticity marked 4 on the pin(Waffen SS Schulterklappe). Constructed of cardboard reinforced black wool, the obverse bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping, trimmed with red threaded bands, and pinned with dual gilded bronze rank pips, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 112 mm (l), in extremely fine condition.