Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature Auction H/45556 Private Nelson served with

H/45556 Private Nelson served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps during the Second World War and died on April 21

a victim of recurring "shell shock"

including the crew of the steamer "Northcote" for service at the Battle of Batoche

Medal of Merit for National Defence (in bronze gilt

his Pilot's Badge Award Document (named to "Leutnant Groos

Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature Auction H/45556 Private Nelson served with(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