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Germany, SS. A Freikorps Document Signed by SS Gruppenführer, Recipient of the PLM with Oak Leaves

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Recipient of the PLM with Oak Leaves A Kyffhäuser League certificate; It measures 290x389mm framed, extremely fine condition. The document is a certificate for Unteroffizier Wilhelm van Beet from Essen. It states that he participated in the fights with the Freikorps (Free Corps) “Oberkommando Möhl”. For this he receives thanks and appreciation for defending the German Reich in times of hardship. It is dated to Berlin on July 1, 1937, and signed in black ink by the League Leader of the German Reich Warrior League (known as Kyffhäuser League), SS-Gruppenführer and retired Colonel Wilhelm Reinhard. Footnote: Wilhelm Reinhard (1869–1955) received the Pour le Merite with Oak Leaves during the First World War for 1200 days of front service and being wounded five times. He lead the Kyffhäuser League until the end of the Second World War when it was disbanded, and re-established it in 1952. He remained its leader until his death. The Free Corps “Oberkommando Möhl”, like other free corps, was a paramilitary militia that fought in the aftermath of the First World War during the German Revolution of 1918/19. They fought against republicans and communist militias. Arnold Ritter von Möhl (1867–1944) was a General of the Infantry in the Reichswehr. He was a recipient of the Pour le Merite.

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