Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Award Documents for Second World Service GTRexclude The thank you note was

The thank you note was written by Hauptmann (captain) Walter Kopp of the Gebirgsjäger (mountain troop) Regiment 99

surrounded by an oak wreath and circumscribed by “TREUE DIENSTE BEI DER FAHNE” (German - Loyal Services by the Flag)

its talons clenching a wreathed swastika below

the reverse inscribed “ACADEMIA ARTIUM BOICA BENE MERITO” (Latin - Academic Strength in the Arts)

in silvered and blackened iron

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Award Documents for Second World Service GTRexclude The thank you note was(Verleihungsurkunde). A pair of award documents for Second World War service, including: 1. One for a War Merit Cross II Class to a judicial official, named to Prokuristen ERICH UEKERMANN of Bielefeld, issued from Berlin and dated 30. JANUAR 1944, certified by the facsimile signatures of the Fhrer and Otto Meissner, measuring 21 cm (w) x 29. 5 cm (h), an interesting example to an individual serving on the homefront in near extremely fine condition. 2.