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PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST/(1881 – 1954) German military officer, the top Panzer commander in the German Army and superior to Guderian and Hoth, invaded France and later the Ukraine where he was captured by the Russians. War-date ‘v. Kleist’ in typical indelible pencil, 1p. oblong , ‘Headquarters’, Apr. 20, 1942 (Hitler’s birthday), a list of two men slated to be awarded the War Merit Cross, Second Class, with Swords for their valor in the Russian campaign. File holes at left margin, else fine condition. SCARCE SIGNATURE