Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature certificate_of_authenticity with functional magnetic metal hinge

with functional magnetic metal hinge

extending her right arm and holding a laurel wreath

(Wehrmann im Eisen Abzeichen)

with original signature of both Chief Commandant and Colonel (Don Miguel Rodrigo Martinez)

with most of the silvering on the obverse worn off

Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature certificate_of_authenticity with functional magnetic metal hinge(Vorschlag zur Ernennung mit Reichsfhrer SS Unterschrift). Constructed of off white paper stock with multi coloured ink, consisting of a preliminary promotion document elevating Ernst Schmedding from Oberstleutnant to Oberst, featuring double sided, point form, typewritten biographical and service records for Schmedding, dated 1 August 1944 and certified by the handwritten signature of Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, with a Chancellery receipt stamp