Germany, Wehrmacht. A Formal Promotion Document for Oberst Walther Hiersemenzel, with Keitel Signature Province of China 2) A Bremen Hanseatic Cross

2) A Bremen Hanseatic Cross

measuring 74 mm x 63 mm

He joined the 20th Battalion in Toronto on November 10

solid Gold and enamels

constructed of light blue paper stock the exterior bearing an inscription of “ EISERNES KREUZ 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Formal Promotion Document for Oberst Walther Hiersemenzel, with Keitel Signature Province of China 2) A Bremen Hanseatic Cross(Wehrmacht Ernennungsurkunde fr einen Oberstleutnant zum Oberst). Constructed of off white paper stock and presented in multi coloured ink, named to WALTHER HIERSEMENZEL, promoting the recipient from the rank of Oberstleutnant to Oberst, issued from Fhrer Headquarters on 18 January 1942 with an effective date of 1 February, certified by the facsimile signature of AH and the handwritten signature of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Knights Cross of