Certificate of the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, original signature of Erwin Rommel, Libya 1941

Item number: 8823-archiv

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Certificate for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords . The certificate is folded several times, otherwise in very good condition. It is neither punched nor trimmed. Issued to Private Georg Hocher, who served in the 534th Large Motor Transport Column (Gr.Kw.Kol. 534). The certificate was issued on October 2, 1941, in Libya, Africa. It bears the original signature of the later Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, at this time still a General of Panzer Troops and Commander of Panzer Group Africa. The certificate is stamped with "Command of Panzer Group Africa".

Certificate with the rare handwritten signature of the Desert Fox!

The large motor vehicle convoy 534 was a motorized supply unit of the German Wehrmacht in World War II. On January 21, 1941, it was subordinated to the 529th Motorized Supply Column Detachment and shortly thereafter transferred to North Africa. There, it formed part of the logistics for Panzer Group Africa, which later became known as Panzer Army Africa.
The unit's task was to transport supplies such as fuel, ammunition, and provisions along the desert routes. Its deployment ended in May 1943 with the surrender of German and Italian troops in Tunisia. The column was then disbanded in the Tunis area, and the remaining soldiers were taken prisoner.

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