Stalingrad Cross Insignia On Hauptmanns Shoulder Boards Hold Gertrude Carmichael) and Correspendence from

Gertrude Carmichael) and Correspendence from His Widow to the Estates Branch

which included his own Division as well as the 24th Landsturm Mountain Brigade

He was accepted for the Canadian Army (Active Force) on October 1

He is documented as having fought in the South African campaigns of the late 1870s

Stalingrad Cross Insignia On Hauptmanns Shoulder Boards Hold Gertrude Carmichael) and Correspendence fromInfantry Hauptmanns shoulder boards, with Hoch und Deutschmeister Kreutz, also called Stalingrad Cross (25. 0x33. 25mm) insignia attached; insignia is die stamped in silvered iron (magnetic) and is lacquered; moderately worn, in very fine condition. These honorary insignia was worn by the Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschmeister (formerly 44th Infantry Division, nearly completely destroyed at Stalingrad).