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An Award Document for the Lappland Shield to Fritz Wittkopp

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An Award Document for the Lappland Shield to Fritz Wittkopp

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An Award Document for the Lappland Shield to Fritz Wittkopp

A certificate, measuring 143x210mm, very fine condition with folding creases and repairs to the reverse.

The recipient is Senior Lance Corporal Fritz Wittkopp of the 5th Company of Grenadier Brigade 388. The document is dated to Pothus (northern Norway) on July 28, 1945, and signed in blue crayon by Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the Grenadier Brigade, Franz Walter.

Footnote: Plans for the Lappland Shield were introduced in February as the last German campaign shield of the Second War. However, it was not officially introduced before the end of the war, yet still awarded. It was meant for General Franz Böhme’s 20th Mountain Army fighting in northern Norway. Soldiers could qualify by serving in the region for six months, or by being wounded in action. They received the award as POWs in internment camps, which explains the post-war dates and lack of swastikas on the award certificates.