Germany, SS. An Award Document for a 1939 Iron Cross I Class to SS-Obersturmführer Hermann Schmidt, Operation Barbarossa Republic of measuring 183 mm (w) x

measuring 183 mm (w) x 260 mm (h) x 6 mm (d)

of Solingen (SMF)

the shield backed by a crossed rifle (Infantry) and sword (Cavalry) and inscribed "UNITED"

circumscribed by an inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD WITH US”) with oak leaf branches

light blue and lavender enamels

Germany, SS. An Award Document for a 1939 Iron Cross I Class to SS-Obersturmführer Hermann Schmidt, Operation Barbarossa Republic of measuring 183 mm (w) x(Waffen SS Verleihungsurkunde fr das Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). An award document for the 1939 Iron Cross I Class, named to SS OBERSTURMFHRER HERMANN SCHMIDT, 2. SS Infanterie Bataillon (mot.), issued in the field on 19 July 1941 and certified by the handwritten signature of an unidentified SS Standartenfhrer, measuring 14. 5 cm (w) x 21 cm (h), demonstrating a central crease and two punched holes consistent with previous album storage, awarded