Germany, SS. A HIAG Tracing Service File for SS-Reiter Karl Hettwer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Tonkin Medal was

Footnote: The Tonkin Medal was instituted on 6 September 1885 and awarded to all the French soldiers and sailors who had taken part in the battles of the Tonkin and the Sino-French War between 1883 and 1885

Battalion of Artillery Regiment 56

Arlow of Belfast as his next-of-kin

red and pink enamels

Germany, SS. A HIAG Tracing Service File for SS-Reiter Karl Hettwer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Tonkin Medal was(SS Suchdienst Papier). A HIAG (Mutual Aid Association of Former Waffen SS Members) Tracing Service file for SS Reiter Karl Hettwer, who was born on 26 July 1926 in Giemannsdorf (now Gowinowice, Poland), and who served with the 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Ltzow. His last known whereabouts were in Posen (now Pozna, Poland) on 19 January 1945 as the Red Army advanced west. The request for information was filed by his brother, Willi. The file