Bidspirit auction | ERWIN J. ROMMEL

ERWIN J. ROMMEL - (1891 - 1944) German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defended Normandy and ultimately was forced to commit suicide due to his implication in the Hitler bomb plot.Typed D.S. as 'General der Panzertruppen und Befehlshaber der Panzergruppe Afrika', 2pp. 4to., 'Headquarters' [North Africa], Oct. 2, 1941, his approval of the award of the War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords to two men in his command. File holes, else fine.