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JOHANN MAYR, XXXV1 MOUNTAIN CORPS, MEDAL AND AWARD GROUPING
Good grouping of awards and medals given unto Unteroffizier Johann Meyer. Included is: Award of the Iron Cross, 1st Class signed by Gen. KARL WEISENBERGER (1890-1952), a Knights Cross recipient, as Generalleutnant and commander of 71. Infanterie-Division, 1p. 8vo., [n.p.], Nov. 11, 1943, with an unmarked EKI; Award of the Iron Cross, 2nd Class signed by Generalleutnant Tissel[?], 1p. 8vo., [n.p.], Nov. 28, 1941, with an unmarked EKII with ribbon; Award of the Ostmedaille, 1p. 8vo., [n.p.], Mar. 15, 1943, signed by an unknown officer, with the medal and ribbon; Award for the Finnish Mannerheim Freiheitsmedaille 1st Class (only); a Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty; IV Class (finish worn and lacking ribbon); and two additional Finnish award documents. File holes, overall very good. The XXXVI Mountain Corps took part in Operation Barbarossa and was moved to northern Finland during June 1941. It then took part in Operation Polarfuchs aiming to advance through Salla to Murmansk. In late 1944 the corps had to fight its former allies during their withdrawal from Finland, and retreated to Norway where it surrendered at war''s end.

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