Germany, Heer. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords Award Document, Signed By Dkis Winner Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz, 1944 Archive He had been previously injured

He had been previously injured in battle and lost his right eye

The flat patent leather sunk top measures 85 mm wide x 200 mm in depth

South Africa (bronze gilt

writing for the Stockholm newspaper

silvered and bronze gilt with red and black enamels

Germany, Heer. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords Award Document, Signed By Dkis Winner Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz, 1944 Archive He had been previously injuredThe 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.