Iron Cross Second Class Award Document dated March 3, 1940 to a Feldwebel with Infanterie-Regiment 208, 79. Infanterie-Division. The unit was positioned on the Maginot Line at the time. The award is likely attributable to small skirmishes with the French.
 
It is signed by Generalmajor Karl Strecker who was ultimately captured at Stalingrad (and held until 1955).
 
A rare and historically significant award of the Iron Cross!