Germany, Wehrmacht. A Collection Of Correspondence & Photographs Of Hans Kruppa Archive and an Austrian War Commemorative

and an Austrian War Commemorative Medal

silver iron cross centred upon a bronze gilt with white enamelled insignia bearing a crowned two-headed eagle

the interior with patches of discolouration

Fittings and are complete with all scabbard retaining screws which appear to be unturned

A Cased Iron Cross First Class 1939 by Otto Schickle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Collection Of Correspondence & Photographs Of Hans Kruppa Archive and an Austrian War Commemorative(Kriegsbriefe). This is an extensive collection of Second War period correspondence, documentation, and photographs from Hans Leopold Kruppa. Born 29 September 1920 in Hamburg, Kruppa served in the Heer (Army) during the war and saw action on the Eastern Front. The group contains numerous letters address to Kruppas mother, Helene Kruppa, from the front, as well as a number of black and white photographs and cards. All letters are dated between 1942