Wehrmacht Artillery Unit Commemorative Document – Artillerie-Regiment 299 – Stonne, Höhe 304, Oches & Verdun – Christmas 1940

Original period “Zur Erinnerung” (In Memory) commemorative document issued by the 5. Batterie, Artillerie-Regiment 299.

The document commemorates the fighting associated with:

• Stonne
• Höhe 304 (Hill 304)
• Oches
• Verdun

and specifically remembers the unit’s fallen/comrades, with the names printed on the document.

The central design features a large stylised artillery-related motif with the unit’s campaign locations incorporated into the artwork. The document is dated 1939 and bears the additional inscription:

“Orts-Unterkunft, Weihnachten 1940.”
(Local quarters, Christmas 1940.)

It is signed in period ink by the Hauptmann und Batterie-Chef (Captain and Battery Commander).