Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Generalmajor Johannes Hochbaum, Commander in Occupied Franc visually-hidden was part of the vanguard

was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle

First patch with the three red stripes on the shield in red embroidery

in addition to minor soiling of the interior liner

with scabbard

Wolfsangel

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Generalmajor Johannes Hochbaum, Commander in Occupied Franc visually-hidden was part of the vanguard(Heer Verleihungsurkunden). A pair of award documents to Generalmajor Johannes Hochbaum, including: 1. One for a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, named to Hochbaum as an Oberst, awarded in Paris on 1 September 1941, certified by the handwritten signature of General Otto von Stlpnagel in his capacity as Militrbefehlshaber (Military Governor) of France, measuring 21 cm (w) x 31 cm (h), demonstrating minor creasing, in extremely fine condition. 2.