Germany, Ss. A Himmler-Signed Telegram Endorsing Generalleutnant Josef Russwurm For The German Cross In Gold Archive Montalbano was returned to the

Montalbano was returned to the USA at the request of his family and is buried in Long Island National Cemetery

and maker marked “Steinhauer & Lück

1897 in Boston

a 1936 Hesse-Nassau Frankfurt Gau Day badge

the obverse bearing the Kuomintang insignia in red

Germany, Ss. A Himmler-Signed Telegram Endorsing Generalleutnant Josef Russwurm For The German Cross In Gold Archive Montalbano was returned to the(Telegramm mit Himmler Unterschrift). Constructed of off white paper with multi coloured ink, featuring the letterhead of Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler and dated 1 April 1945, bearing a typewritten inscription from Himmler endorsing Generalleutnant Josef Russwurm for the German Cross in Silver in his capacity as Inspector of Signal Troops, closing with Himmlers handwritten signature in green pencil, measuring 215 mm (w) x 148 mm (h), in extremely