A Wound Badge Document To Walter Kretschmer; Luftwaffe Artillery Regiment 16 Hold cardstock cover

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forcing his re-admission to the same hospital three weeks later

1916 at Woodcote Park

There is testimony in the records outlining this event

He saw two rank promotions before the outbreak of the Second World War: to Ordinary Seaman on May 26

A Wound Badge Document To Walter Kretschmer; Luftwaffe Artillery Regiment 16 Hold cardstock coverAn award certificate, measuring 144x208mm, very fine condition with folding creases, minor rips, and repair work on the reverse. The recipient is NCO Walter Kretschmer of the 5th Battery of Artillery Regiment 16 (L), receiving the award due to him being wounded on July 18, 1944. The document is dated to July 25, 1944, and signed in pencil by a Fleet Doctor and Chief Medical Doctor of the Kriegsmarine Military Hospital in Paris, the signature is