single  award document/citation for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with swords to Unteroffizier Robert Linde who served in  the  3./Landesschützen-Bataillon 502
 
The award document was issued 1.9.1942  and originally signed by General der Infanterie u. Kommandierender General Erich Friderici (General der Sicherungstruppen und Befehlshaber im Heeresgebiet Süd). Rare signature to find!
 
The territories under Friderici's control were the sites of mass murder during the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity targeting the civilian population
 
Friderici was awarded the German Cross in Silber on the 23rd of March 1945 as Befehlshaber des Sonderstabes IV im OKH.
 
condition:  folded and perforated , used condition with yellowing