Original German WWII Set of 3 Awards with Documents named to Obergefreiter Josef Hoffmann Display Guns & Parts Sets The blade nagasa (edge) is

The blade nagasa (edge) is almost completely free of nicks and/or dents

The back edge of the blade is marked Manufacture d'armes de Chatellerault JH for Jacob Holtzer

This is the lower height style kepi they first started using after phasing out the floppy or "bummer" type kepis

It is named to a soldier

It has no equal and should actually be in the Smithsonian (if they didn’t already have one

Original German WWII Set of 3 Awards with Documents named to Obergefreiter Josef Hoffmann Display Guns & Parts Sets The blade nagasa (edge) isOriginal Items: One of a kind grouping. This is a fantastic set, with three original German WWII combat awards, each with their original BESITTZZEUGNIS "possession award" certificates. All were awarded to the same soldier, Josef Hoffmann, who held the rank of Obergefreiter (Corporal) on all three documents. The award documents are dated 1942 and 1944, though the 1944 dated award relates to action in 1942. The three awards earned by this soldier in