An Iron Cross 2Nd Class Preliminary Document To The 1St Panzer Division Hold reverse illustrating an upward-pointing sword

reverse illustrating an upward-pointing sword wrapped in a flame upon a pedestal

where he was deployed within the Transitional Army in the spring of 1920 in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 17

later renamed Panzer Grenadier Regiment 433

Mounted to a traditional conjoined Russian-style aluminum suspension with pinback

followed by another major raid on Truk (April 29-30

An Iron Cross 2Nd Class Preliminary Document To The 1St Panzer Division Hold reverse illustrating an upward-pointing swordA certificate, measuring 211x148mm, extremely fine condition with folding creases, light fraying, and two punched holes. It is a preliminary certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class to Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) Fritz Witzel of the Staff Company of Sicherungs Regiment (Occupying Regiment) 1. The document is dated to October 30, 1941 and signed via typewriter by Lieutenant General and Commander of the 1st Panzer Division, Friedrich Kirchner