PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST(1881 - 1954) German military officer, the top Panzer commander in the German Army and superior to Guderian and Hoth, invaded France and later the Ukraine where he was captured by the Russians. Excellent war-date D.S. "v. Kleist" in typical indelible pencil, 1p. 4to., "Headquarters", Feb. 12, 1942, a list of five men to be awarded war crosses for their valor in the Russian campaign. File holes at left margin, fine condition .