Germany, Heer. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords Award Document, Signed By Dkis Winner Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz, 1944 Archive marked BIRKS

marked BIRKS

centre of the bowl with a Luftwaffe eagle insignia

wearing his German uniform

Statement of Service in the Canadian Armed Forces and various correspondence

We heard the ambush which killed him and half of his platoon

Germany, Heer. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords Award Document, Signed By Dkis Winner Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz, 1944 Archive marked BIRKSThe document is named to Obergefreiter (Corporal) Ernst Grimm of the 10th Company of Artillery Regiment 196. It is dated to in the east on May 5, 1944 and signed in blue ink by the Commander of the 96th Infantry Division, Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz (1893 1963), a recipient of the German Cross in Silver. Measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), with one folding crease, and light scuffing and creasing, remaining very fine.