GERMAN 79th INFT.DIV. COMMEMORATIVE PLATE

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GERMAN 79th INFT.DIV. COMMEMORATIVE PLATE,Rare Comm. Christmas wall plate 1940 79th Inft. Div. rare and very nice condition, marked on reverse, 8 1/2 in. dia.
the 79th was one of the units trapped in the “kessel” (or cauldron), when it was surrounded on November 24. The Sixth Army surrendered on January 31, 1943. The division staff, including the Ia (Operations Officer) Oberst Hans Schwanbeck, was flown out of Stalingrad on January 8–9, 1943. The division, including its commander, Generalleutnant Alexander von Daniels, surrendered to the Red Army when the German forces capitulated.
GERMAN 79th INFT.DIV. COMMEMORATIVE PLATE