A Sudetenland Medal award certificate to Schütze Friedrich Heinemann
An award certificate for the Sudetenland medal, measuring 209x149mm, extremely fine condition with folding crease and minor scuffing. The recipient is Schütze (Private) Friedrich Heinemann. The document is dated to Erfurt, eastern Germany, on January 20, 1940. It is signed in black ink by Senior Lieutenant and Commander of the Panzer-Abwehr-Abteilung 29 (Antitank Defence Detachment), Däublin. The Panzer-Abwehr-Abteilung 29, later Panzerjäger-Abteilung (Tank Destroyer Detachment) 29, was eradicated in January of 1943 during the Battle of Stalingrad. The award is commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal. However, its official name is 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938), as it commemorated the annexation of the Sudetenland, a part of the Czech Republic, by the German Reich. It was awarded to those that made an outstanding contribution to this process. (C:146)

