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A 1943 Award Document for the Lappland Shield

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A 1943 Award Document for the Lappland Shield

Certificate of non-Jewish ancestry, excerpt of defaulter book, and certificate of award of Lappland Shield, 21 x 13.7 / 9.7 x 13.8 / 14.8 x 20.8 cm; Date of item: 1943/45; Condition: very good, signs of aging; Three documents concerning Sergeant Karl Schmidt. The first document states that he has 0% Jewish ancestors, making him not mixed-blooded; The second document from Jan 28th, 1943 places Schmidt in the 2nd convalescent company I.E.B. 484. It is an excerpt of the defaulter book, stating that he was awarded no penalties; The third document is a certificate stating that in the name of the commander-in-chief of the 20th Mountain Army, General of the Mountain Troops Böhme, Sergeant Karl Schmidt of the 2. Company of the Reserve Battalion 818 is awarded the Lappland Shield. Place and date is Bogstad (northwest Oslo, Norway), July 12th, 1945, signed by Major and Commander of the battalion Förster; The award was given out to soldiers having served in the Lappland region (northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland) for six months. It was officially proposed as an award in Feb 1945, but wasn’t implicated before the end of the war in May 1945. However, the British who controlled Norway after the Germans surrender allowed the German prisoners of war to wear badges. The Lappland Shield was therefore awarded after the end of the war, which explains the date on this certificate.