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Germany, Heer. A Croatian Iron Zvonimir Medal Document to Stabswachtmeister Otto Kossbau

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Germany, Heer. A Croatian Iron Zvonimir Medal Document to Stabswachtmeister Otto Kossbau

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Germany, Heer. A Croatian Iron Zvonimir Medal Document to Stabswachtmeister Otto Kossbau

Measuring 208x228mm, extremely fine condition with minimal scuffing. Bilingual, Croatian and German. The certificate states that Stabswachtmeister/Hauptwachtmeister (Staff Sergeant/Master Sergeant) Otto Kossbau has been awarded the Eiserne Zvonimirmedaille am Kriegsband (Iron Zvonimir Medal with Wartime Ribbon) on April 10, 1944. The reason for the awarding is the fact that Kossbau managed to train a column on his own and achieve discipline when it was without an officer for eight weeks. He is called one of the best Master Sergeants of the Battalion. The document is signed in pencil by a Hauptmann (Captain) and Adjutant, the name is illegible. The unit is identified by a stamp as a Wehrmacht division (Kroatische), the number could be 392, the so-called Blue Division.