An Interesting Farewell Card To Colonel Of The Luftwaffe From Officers Newly Listed Order of Leopold I -

Order of Leopold I - Commander - Silver gilt and enamels

Legion was equipped by the Italians and also trained in Italy

The NMR were quipped with tanks but needed an infantry force with it

In stamped pebbled zinc alloy

An Interesting Farewell Card To Colonel Of The Luftwaffe From Officers Newly Listed Order of Leopold I -Despermann, Ln. Abt. 138, 4 pp., foldable, 23. 1 x 30. 5 cm; Date of item: 1942; Extremely fine. A farewell card for lieutenant colonel Despermann, the commander of the Ln. Abt. 138 (Luftnachrichten Abteilung = air signal corps), serving as a memento. Apparently he is either being retired or relocated. It is signed by the officers and officials of his corps. Several names are decipherable, for example Westphal, Oblt. (lieutenant colonel), Kanz, Lt.,