Award document of Obergefreiter Ernst Deckmann who earned the Panzerkampfabzeichen (in Bronze) (Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze) for his taking part in three armored assaults in three different days (Bronze was awarded to Personnel of the Schützen- and Panzergrenadier-Regiments, Medical and Armored Reconnaisance Units) on January 24, 1941 while serving with the 6. Kompanie/ Schützen-Regiment 69 of the 10. Panzer-Division (which was later destroyed in Tunis, Africa). This will still be for his participation in the French Campaign in 1940! Signed by Generalleutnant Ferdinand Schaal (Knight’s Cross), Schaal was also involved in the unsuccessful 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler; for his participation in the conspiracy, he was imprisoned until the end of the war. Document is DIN A4, has been folded twice and punched in the past.
Comes with a Besitz-Zeugnis for the 1. Fache Schützenabzeichen (Shooting Award) in the 1. Schießklasse.
