WP of IR 47 Airdrop on Holland 10.5.40

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Hi all,

I thought I would post this interesting WP of a member of IR 47 that jumped on Holland in may 1940. My question is, was this a Heer unit that actually jumped ? Or were they landed with gliders ? Any ideas were they landed and fought in Holland ???
Also I wanted to ask about a medal entry in the WP. Looks like he got a Romanian medal .... "rum. Orden für Mannhaftigkeit und Treue m. Schw. III. Kl." Is this something interesting or common ?
Further he got the EK 2 and IAB.
He was later killed near Sewastopol.

What do you think about the piece.

Thank you, Jens

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[Simon O.]

They certainly didn't parachute. I'll check later but it could be one of the units airlifted by Storch.

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Thank you so far Simon

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