Germany, Wehrmacht. A Formal Promotion Document for Oberst Walther Hiersemenzel, with Keitel Signature Auction All were made by the

All were made by the same maker and were privately purchased by the veterans

with nickel silver faceplate affixed by two rivets

a uniform-removed example showing battlefield character

overlaid by a central white enameled medallion with a black mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Formal Promotion Document for Oberst Walther Hiersemenzel, with Keitel Signature Auction All were made by the(Wehrmacht Ernennungsurkunde fr einen Oberstleutnant zum Oberst). Constructed of off white paper stock and presented in multi coloured ink, named to WALTHER HIERSEMENZEL, promoting the recipient from the rank of Oberstleutnant to Oberst, issued from Fhrer Headquarters on 18 January 1942 with an effective date of 1 February, certified by the facsimile signature of AH and the handwritten signature of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Knights Cross of