A German Army Officer's Dress Parade Uniform Aiguillette Auction and handwritten letter as CO

and handwritten letter as CO 9th Panzer Division

he served on a Special Task Force during the Mesopotamian campaign and was decorated with the Military Medal for his service during the assault on Gallipoli in the Dardanelles

engraver marked "E

silvered bronze and enamels

A German Army Officer's Dress Parade Uniform Aiguillette Auction and handwritten letter as COCord is fabricated from fine aluminum wire wrapped around a white cotton core, divided into three sections: one section has a cord braided into forty three rows of loops, the second section has a shorter looped cord with a braided aluminum wire adjustment knot, the third section has a long looped cord, with all three cords joined at five positions within a 22 mm x 32 mm strip of fine aluminum wire trimmed in forest green embroidery on both edges,