Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Wehrpaß to Friedrich Krätzer, Conscript, with Identification Tag Hold after passing his officer’s education

after passing his officer’s education

NEVILLE VOL

At 1105 hours

The order was restored along with the monarchy in 1935

A document of issue reading “IM NAMEN DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES VERLEIHE ICH DEM BERICHTERSTATTER DER USTASCHA-EINHEITEN HERRN NIKOLA RAJKOVIC DAS VERDIENSTKREUZ DES ORDENS VOM DEUTSCHEN ADLER ERSTER STUFE BERLIN DEN 25 AUGUST 1942” (IN THE NAME OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE I GIVE TO THE REPORTER OF THE USTASCHA UNITS NIKOLA RAJKOVIC THE MERIT CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE GERMAN EAGLE OF THE FIRST STAGE OF BERLIN ON 25 AUGUST 1942) signed by “DER FÜHRER” (THE LEADER) and “DER CHEF DER ORDENSKANZLEI STAATSMINISTER” (THE CHIEF OF THE ORDER CHANCE STATE MINISTER)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Wehrpaß to Friedrich Krätzer, Conscript, with Identification Tag Hold after passing his officer’s education(Kriegsmarine Wehrpa mit Erkennungsmarke). Constructed of a field grey card stock binding with 54 paginated interior pages, named to FRIEDRICH KRTZER, a native of Wuppertal Langerfeld, who was born on 18 May 1895 and who was selected for military service eligibility in 1937, with no entries indicating any subsequent active service, retaining a certified photo of Krtzer, accompanied by three Wehrpa notifications and call up documents, notably with