An Iron Cross 2Nd Class Award Document To Pioneer Battalion 97 Consignment 28 Newly Listed as a field Commander of

as a field Commander of various Pioneer units

with a copy of a letter from General H

He volunteered for the Waffen-SS on January 15

He returned to Valcartier on June 26th for five weeks

This came in the form of the invasion of Albania by an overwhelming Italian force that met no resistance and suffered negligible casualties

An Iron Cross 2Nd Class Award Document To Pioneer Battalion 97 Consignment 28 Newly Listed as a field Commander ofAn Iron Cross 2nd Class Award Document to Pioneer Battalion 97 In the name of the Fuhrer and the High Command of the Wehrmacht, I award to the Obergefreiten Josef Wanniger of Pioneer Battalion 97 the Iron Cross 2nd Class. February 17, 1943. [signed] Generalfeldmarschall Rommel. Document is in very fine condition, bearing the stamp of the Commander of the Afrika Korps and facsimile signature of Erwin Rommel. (C: 28)