English Translation

The Reichsführer- Berlin, 1 July 1942. 5 and head of the German police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior S I A 1 b No. 266/42. Büco das Giaa sfekcetäcs at the Reio p orehoe in Bohemia and Moravia. To Eing.: - 6. JULY 1942 all departments of the security police and the SD (distributor E) the higher / and police leaders 55 the state governments (except Prussia) 3.α.d the imperial governors in the Reichsgauen 7 the government presidents in Prussia 3/37 the police president in Berlin the head of the immigrant central office in Litzmannstadt the heads of the Umwanderererzentralstelle in Danzig (Gotenhafen), Posen, Litzmanstadt, Katowice. Subject: Proposals for the award of the Cross of War and the Medal of War. May 1, 1942 the following shortcomings have occurred, which must be avoided in the future: a.) The justification for the sword awards were in many cases not sufficient and therefore only led to the declaration of the cross of war without swords, for example: "X. At the beginning of the war, X was commissioned with the execution of special war and intelligence assignments on the Upper Rhine. Later, X. was appointed as full-time department head III A. In October and November 1940, X became a major contributor to the evacuation tasks in Alsace. X. outstanding share in the execution of the assigned war missions of his department" or "X. is employed in the SD section.Y. as economic officer and performs exemplary work despite personnel understaffing; in particular in the affairs of the armaments industry, St. 17-23/42