A Wound Badge Document To Walter Kretschmer; Luftwaffe Artillery Regiment 16 Newly Listed Ontario and dated and June

Ontario and dated and June 7

He was taken on strength with the Artillery Pool at the Canadian General Base Depot in France on October 31

when his crew of eleven were ordered to the air for an attack upon a Macchi aircraft factory that produced ball bearings

The French Order of the Legion of Honour

A Wound Badge Document To Walter Kretschmer; Luftwaffe Artillery Regiment 16 Newly Listed Ontario and dated and JuneAn award certificate, measuring 144x208mm, very fine condition with folding creases, minor rips, and repair work on the reverse. The recipient is NCO Walter Kretschmer of the 5th Battery of Artillery Regiment 16 (L), receiving the award due to him being wounded on July 18, 1944. The document is dated to July 25, 1944, and signed in pencil by a Fleet Doctor and Chief Medical Doctor of the Kriegsmarine Military Hospital in Paris, the signature is