Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature Auction Coningham was knighted after El

Coningham was knighted after El Alamein and continued to provide tactical air support for the Eighth Army until they occupied Tripoli in January 1943

his Pilot's Badge Award Document (named to "Leutnant Groos

He enlisted with the 4th Battery

including the crew of the steamer "Northcote" for service at the Battle of Batoche

Medal of Merit for National Defence (in bronze gilt

Germany, Ordnungspolziei. A Promotion Document to Oberst Ernst Schmedding, German Cross in Gold Recipient, with Heinrich Himmler Signature Auction Coningham was knighted after El(Vorschlag zur Ernennung mit Reichsfhrer SS Unterschrift). Constructed of off white paper stock with multi coloured ink, consisting of a preliminary promotion document elevating Ernst Schmedding from Oberstleutnant to Oberst, featuring double sided, point form, typewritten biographical and service records for Schmedding, dated 1 August 1944 and certified by the handwritten signature of Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, with a Chancellery receipt stamp