Erwin J. Rommel 1891-1944 German field marshall 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. Rare war-date D.S. from the 'Atlantic Wall' defenses in France 1p, 4to 'Div. St. Qu[entin]' Sep. 19, 1940, a promotion for an officer signed in pencil (as usual by Rommell as 'Gernalmajor und Div. Kdr' With ink Nazi seal. Two file holes in left margin otherwise fine