Germany, Heer. An Army Flak Badge Award Document To Gefreiter Alfred Nötzel Auction after taking heavy enemy fire

after taking heavy enemy fire following the raid of the Hal Fal airfield

Each side of the cap also features a black-painted air-vent rivets

Footnote: The Order of Saint Stanislaus was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

the obverse consisting of a shovel head trimmed with red enamels

stating the he has twelve years' previous service with the 40th Regiment

Germany, Heer. An Army Flak Badge Award Document To Gefreiter Alfred Nötzel Auction after taking heavy enemy fireThe award document is named to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Alfred Ntzel of the 2nd Battery of Army Flak Artillery Battalion 278. It is dated to August 20, 1944. At the time, the unit was stationed in southern Russia. The document is signed in blue ink by the General of the Army Flak Troops, a Lieutenant General, the name is illegible. Measuring 148x210mm, very fine condition with light scuffing and two folding creases.