EK2 and KVK2 Grenadier-Regiment 161 81.ID Northern Russia

(D22109)
Gerhard Leis, Lance Corporal (Gefreiter) Army Infantry

1) War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, 30.1.43. Signed by the CO of the 81.Infanterie-Division, Generalleutnant Erich Schopper.
2) Iron Cross 2nd Class, 18.7.44. Signed by the CO of the 81.Infanterie-Division, Oberst (later Generalleutnant) Franz-Eccard von Bentivegin.

Documents are heavily used with stains. Probably kept them in his Soldbuch.
He served 1943-1944 with 14./Grenadier-Regiment 161 of the 81.Infanterie-Division active in Northern Russia (Wolchow, Leningrad, Newel, Dünaburg. Birsen, Kurland).