17th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 1218 lots has ended on 9th July 2017. 88% of all lots sold

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SS-Hstuf. Pausch - Totenkopf collar tabs

SS-Hstuf. Pausch - Totenkopf collar tabs

LOT 24-0730
SOLD
Auction ended        9th July 2017  |  02:08 pm CEST
RESULT
2.960,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 17,5 %

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Description
Worn pair of officer's collar tabs to SS-Hauptsturmführer Max Pausch. Extremely rare "Totenkopf" machine-woven so-called "flatwire" type. Horizontal skull. Three rank pips. Matching patina and signs of wear. Definitely one pair. Good condition 2. Nicely worn. No moth damage.
 
Max Pausch was promoted an SS-Hauptsturmführer end of 1944 as a "Schutzhaftlagerführer" of Außenlager Guten II (Mauthausen). 
 
SS-Hauptsturmführer Max Pausch was born on 22.4.1894 and served during WW1. 
SS number: 54021. NSDAP: 1440350. 
 
1935-1939 - band leader III./SS-Standarte "Germania"
1940-1941 - SS-Regiment "Nordland"
1941-1943 - SS-Ers.Btl. 5 "Wiking"
1944 - serving with a musician in Berlin
1944-1945 serving as Schutzhaftlagerführer of Außenlagers Gusen II 
 
Pausch was a US POW and sentenced to death at the so-called "Dachau / Mauthausen Folgeprozesse" on 22.10.1947. He was hanged on 12.11.1948 in Landesberg prison.

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