Exceptional Paratrooper Document Grouping to Gefreiter Wilhelm Preute Flags from Other Countries Including Japan his passenger is reading a

his passenger is reading a map

also known as a smatchet

The command supported the Kriegsmarine in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of Britain

with the silver and gray flatwire embellishments

There is a horizontal pin on the reverse

Exceptional Paratrooper Document Grouping to Gefreiter Wilhelm Preute Flags from Other Countries Including Japan his passenger is reading aExceptional Paratrooper Document Grouping to Gefreiter Wilhelm Preute Preute was a paratrooper who participated in the 1940 Holland jump! The grouping consists of the following: 1) Large award document issued to Preute in Berlin on 7 September 1938; document is signed by Oberst (Colonel) Karl Barlen (German Cross in Gold Recipient); when Barlen signed the document, he was a Section Chief in the Personnel Office of the Air Ministry (RLM); 2) Award