Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature Auction The order was created to

The order was created to be the civil counterpart to the Military Order of St

a victim of recurring "shell shock"

He enlisted with the 4th Battery

Medal of Merit for National Defence (in bronze gilt

H/45556 Private Nelson served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps during the Second World War and died on April 21

Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature Auction The order was created to(Vorschlag zur Ernennung mit Reichsfhrer SS Unterschrift). Constructed of off white paper stock with multi coloured ink, consisting of a preliminary promotion document elevating Ernst Schmedding from Oberstleutnant to Oberst, featuring double sided, point form, typewritten biographical and service records for Schmedding, dated 1 August 1944 and certified by the handwritten signature of Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, with a Chancellery receipt stamp