Description
RELIGION and UNION" above and inscribed "DESATO A UN ORBE DE EL OTRO" below
22mm(height) unmarked
Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1936
paper residue on the ribbon from previous board mounting
contrasting the Euro-American definition of civilization with a perceived Native condition of savagery (agriculture versus hunting
A Promotion Document To Horst Thomas; German Cross In Gold Winner Hold RELIGION and UNION" above andPromotion document to Feldwebel, dated 1. June 1938, Infantry Regiment 6; signed in ink by Oberstleutnant Udo de Rainville, who was killed in action as Regiment Commander in France in 1940. Horst Thomas obtained a rank of Oberstleutnant d. R., of 7. Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 7 364, and received German Cross in Gold on 13. 1. 1944. Document slightly torn, in used condition.