Germany, Heer. A Lapland Shield Award Document to Obergefreiter Fritz Kaponig, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Messerschmitt was arrested and charged

Messerschmitt was arrested and charged with crimes against humanity for the use of slave labour in his factories

receiving a prison sentence of 15 months on 1 April 1924

obverse illustrating a stylized man in a stepped repeating motion in Art Deco style

bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon

Germany, Heer. A Lapland Shield Award Document to Obergefreiter Fritz Kaponig, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Messerschmitt was arrested and charged(Heer Lapplandschild Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of off white paper stock, the obverse bearing a handwritten dedication to OBERGFR. KAPONIG FRITZ of 13. Kompanie, Gebirgsjger Regiment 143, awarded on 22 July 1945, measuring 13. 5 cm (w) x 18 cm (h), secreted within a late period frame, demonstrating some discolouration and creasing, an unusual format notably used on other Lapland Shield documents to this unit in very fine condition.