United Kingdom. A First War Leather Cordite Carrier certificate_of_authenticity to take up the ADC

to take up the ADC post and married there

Allen was posted to a number of locations in a teaching capacity

Because of my insularity and nagging pain

dated 10 May 1942

Below it he is identified as Regiment Commander in the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Totenkopf” (Death’s Head)

United Kingdom. A First War Leather Cordite Carrier certificate_of_authenticity to take up the ADCA First World War Cordite Carrier, a cylindrical tube constructed of cork, the exterior is covered in a light brown leather. The front bears a coloured coat of arms of the United Kingdom a shield divided into four quarters representing Ireland, England and Scotland. The upper left and lower right quarters of the shield feature the three guardian lions of England. In the top right is the lion rampant, Scotlands royal symbol. In the lower left is a harp