A 1942 Promotion Document Signed by then Major General Gustav Schmidt
Measuring 14.8 x 20.9 cm; Date of item: 1942; Condition: excellent. An award certificate to Obergefreiter (private first class) Heinz Klapputh, Panzer Reconnaissance Division 19, 2nd battalion. He is being awarded the bronze panzer assault badge, “Im Felde” (in the field), April 29th, 1942. The 19th Panzer Division fought in the attacks on the Soviet Union. The document carries a strong signature by “Major General and Commander of the 19th Panzer Division”, Gustav Schmidt (1894–1943). He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant-general, and committed suicide when his division was surrounded behind enemy lines and had almost run out of ammunition.

