Eduard Dietl commanded the 3rd Mountain Division that originally captured Narvik, Norway.

He was the first German to be awarded the oak leaves cluster to the Knight's Cross and commanded the 20th Mountain Army on the Northeast front. He fought in Norway, Finland and Russia and died in an airplane crash on the 23rd of June, 1944.

Here is his signed picture.

John

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Always looking for Eickhorns and etched bayonets.