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Two of the three of the people involved in this document can be found repeatedly in any simple search of the web. SS-Sturmbannführer Walter Bestmann and SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS, SS-Totenkopf Division Commander Theodor Eicke both held positions of great trust within the SS and were well-known to each other.

The third person is the subject of the document, Günther Wölki born in Oranienburg north of Berlin on 8 August 1921. This document is the recommendation for the award of the Iron Cross 1st Class to SS-Oberscharführer Günther Wölki of Aufklärungs Abteilung SS-Totenkopf Division on 16 October 1941.

This original Vorschlagsliste Nr. 5 für die Verleihung des Eisernen Kreuzes I. Klasse is signed on the front and back by SS-Sturmbannführer Walter Bestmann and countersigned at the bottom of the front side by SS-Totenkopf Division Commander Theodor Eicke who agreed with the recommendation (Einverstanden!).

The A4 size (8-1/4 x 11-5/8 inch) recommendation was filed and stamped by the SS-Totenkopf Division archive on 17 October 1941.

The reason SS-Oscha. Wölki was recommended by SS-Sturmbannführer Bestmann for the E.K.1.Kl. (Iron Cross First Class) and the commander of the SS-Division Totenkopf of the Waffen-SS agreed, was his expemplary service during the Invasion of France, for which he was already awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Infantry Assault Badge, as well as a Black Wound Badge. At the start of invasion of Russia, it again was SS-Oscha. Wölki who was way ahead of others in his outfit when it came to courage and bravery, according to SS-Sturmbannführer Bestmann.

Very rare and in excellent condition. Exactly as shown.