EK1 award document to Iron Cross 1st Class, Luftwaffe, Kampfgeschwader 27, 1942

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Verleihungsurkunde: das Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse – award document to Iron Cross 1st Class

Reference: to OEK 3822

A5 printed form with depiction of the EK, issued on 25.9.1942, for a corporal (Unteroffizier) in Kampfgeschwader 27.

Original handwritten signature: Günther Korten, Generalleutnant, Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber der Luftwaffenkommando Don

Interesting: Korten was one of the victims of the assassination on Hitler on July 20, 1944 (died of wounds two days later).

Nice condition, no folds, small tear at the upper margin.