A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp & Document To The 3Rd Panzer Regiment GTRexclude 24 in 1938 and was

24 in 1938 and was later trained as a bomber pilot in 1941

Iron Cross Second Class 1939

maker marked M 1/72 and RZM

followed by a summer in forest research work and also worked one year on his father's mixed farm prior to enlistment

inscribed "11 XI 1918" in the centerpiece on the reverse

A Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp & Document To The 3Rd Panzer Regiment GTRexclude 24 in 1938 and wasA Gold Grade Close Combat Clasp & Document to the 3rd Panzer Regiment Awarded to Panzer Obergefreiter Erich Carl, 3. Panzer Aufklrungsabteilung 7: Close Combat Clasp, Gold Grade, in gilded zinc, by maker Juncker (marked on reverse), catch broken off and center plate missing, otherwise in very fine condition, retaining about 97% of original gilded finish: with award document for II Grade clasp (silver grade); and with 6 original photos of the