Germany, Heer. Three Award Documents To Infantry Obergefreiter Heinrich Grünhagen (Ek2) Auction Archive Hitner of Philadelphia

Hitner of Philadelphia

He died on 21st March 1942 of natural causes at age 36

34mm x 36mm

he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal in the rank of Colonel with the Military Section

he led a party under excessively heavy fire in front of the trenches to bring in an officer who had been severely wounded

Germany, Heer. Three Award Documents To Infantry Obergefreiter Heinrich Grünhagen (Ek2) Auction Archive Hitner of PhiladelphiaThe three award documents are: an Iron Cross 2nd Class award document (140x200mm, near very fine); a Wound Badge in Silver award document (140x199mm, near very fine); a Wound Badge in Black award document (142x200mm, near very fine). The Iron Cross 2nd Class award document is named to Obergefreiter (Corporal) Heinrich Grnhagen of the 12th (Machine Gun) Company of Grenadier Regiment 695. It is dated to Hamburg on February 6, 1945 and signed in blue ink