Iron Cross 1st Class for Crete

[PKeating]

Nice unit...nice hand signature.

[Simon Orchard]

And for a lowly gefreiter this early in the war you can be sure this 'sani' really earned it. when you realise that by this time only 2 soldiers of mannschaften rank class had got the RK you can see that this guy might well have done something pretty outstanding.

[joe campbell]

where DO you find these pieces???

a rare - relatively - medal to an early recipient

in an operation that by later standards would be considered

small. and medical, to boot.

any other info on herr kohnen? how big was the crete jump?

thanks!

joe