Staff Engineer Schmid
Special Grade for 25 Engagements
Identifying the stranger as the Spanish gunboat Diego Velázquez
green oxidation evident on the obverse in the recessed areas of the eagle and on the reverse
The BDM proficiency booklet was owned by Lotte Schulte
Germany, SS. A Totenkopf Visor Cap Insignia, Second Pattern, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Staff Engineer Schmid(SS Totenkopf fr Schirmmtze). Constructed of cupal, the obverse consisting of a second pattern Totenkopf, the reverse marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M1 52 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 31. 32 mm (w) x 29. 41 mm (h), weighing 2. 1 grams, moderate loss of finish is visible throughout the base metal partially exposing the copper core, some bending and cracking is visible to the edges (particularly above the crown),