Germany, Heer. A Rare Lapland Shield Award Document To Obergefreiter Johann Schmideder Archive X - Fighting around Cambrai

X - Fighting around Cambrai

there were about 5 such rivers (name of the river is at the bottom of the badge)

23rd Infantry Division

marked "MÉDAILLE MILITAIRE" on the lid

Four Third Republic Awards:

Germany, Heer. A Rare Lapland Shield Award Document To Obergefreiter Johann Schmideder Archive X - Fighting around Cambrai(Lapplandschild Verleihungsurkunde). A rare award document for a Lapland Shield, constructed of off white paper with black ink, named to OBGFR. JOHANN SCHMIDEDER of the regimental staff company of Gebirgsjger Regiment 143 (6. Gebirgs Division), dated 20 July 1945 and certified by the handwritten signature of an unidentified Oberstleutnant, measuring 15 cm (w) x 20. 5 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.