Important personal document to General Karl Eglseer.
Certificate to the Sudetenland Medal issued in Salzburg on 12.9.1939 to Oberst Karl Eglseer, "Kommandeur Gebirgs-Jägerrgiment 136". Signed by an Oberstleutnant. Never folded. Very nice condition.
Document confirming the award of the "Karltruppenkreuz" to Hauptmann Karl Eglseer, Inf.Rgt.87. Issued in June 1921 when he already was a Major for his service during WW1. Multiple stamps and note to the reverse. Including his personal cross.
General der Gebirgstruppen Karl Eglseer (1890 - 23.6.1944) was one of the most famous German Generals during WW2 and commanded the XVIII. Gebirgs-Korps. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. On 23.6.1944, a Junkers Ju 52 aircraft carrying Eglseer, General der Infanterie Thomas-Emil von Wickede, Generaloberst Eduard Dietl, Generalleutnant Franz Rossi and three other passengers crashed in the vicinity of the small village of Rettenegg, Styria. All passengers died.
