Oberfeldwebel Zgfhr. 3./Pi.Btl.30 owner of German Cross

[shiggert]

Greetings from hamburg germany...

I found here a topic about a pionier from the 2./pi.btl.30

And now i will show you the documents and orders from my grandfather.

My grandfather was Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Busch.

Zugführer of the 3./Pi.Btl.30 and owner of the DKiG (german cross in gold)

I have all of his documents, orders, personal letters from his Kompaniechef Oberst Barth and more than 300 pictures from 1939 to 1945. including many pictures from Generalmajor von Briesen.

One picture while von Briesen gives the Eiserne Kreuz II. Klasse to my grandfather.

Sorry for my bad english :-)

Here i will show you some things of this group...

The first picture shows his german cross with some documents like Besitzurkunde and gratulation from Oberst Barth. The german cross is a light Zimmermann marked 20.

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[shiggert]

Eiserne Kreuz II. Klasse

With Besitzurkunde und Begründungsschreiben.

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Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Busch.

Zugführer 3./Pi.Btl.30

An early foto and a foto with the german cross.

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Besitzurkunde Eiserne Kreuz II. Klasse

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Begründungsschreiben Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse

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Besitzurkunde Eiserne Kreuz I. Klasse

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Begründungsschreiben Eiserne Kreuz I. Klasse

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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[shiggert]

Besitzurkunde DKiG

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Generalmajor von Briesen while he gaves the Iron cross to my grandfather.

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Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Busch Zgfhr. 3./Pi.Btl.30

In front of the 3. Zug

[shiggert]

Some other orders...

Gefrierfleischorden or Medal Winterschlacht im Osten

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Demjansk shield from my grandfather...

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DKiG

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Letter from Oberst Barth.

Kompaniechef Pionier Bataillon 30

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Backside of the DKiG

Produced by Zimmermann

Light type

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[Poulton Palmer]

Hallo Shiggert,

wow, such a nice grouping and then from your grandfather: that is great!

Thanks for sharing this!

By the way: your English is perfect imo.

Greetings,

Poulton Palmer

[J Temple-West]

So nice to see such a wonderful intact grouping to a highly decorated member of the Whermacht, shiggert.

I take it that your Grandfather survived the war?

Here is your Grandfather on the lists of DKiG recipients.

[shiggert]

Thanks....

There are more than 300 fotos.

Many of the fotos shown my grandfather...

Vehicles, planes, war and so on...

There are different things in the group.

For example a pair of boots from a russian offizier which my grandfather wear at the end of the war.

Some knifes...

[shiggert]

@ J Temple-West

Yes... He survived the war.

He was heavy wounded by granades and lays in the Lazarett in Shirk Beskiden (Poland)

At the end of the war...

The way to Shirk was free so he was transported with one of the last trains.

He was woundes in the region of Nowgorod Ilmensee.

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[shiggert]

I also have his complete diary...

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Pionier Bataillon 30

Kaserne Lübeck Wehrkreis X

Bataillonskommandeur with Kompaniechefs, Zugführern and Gruppenführern.

My grandfather is marked in the first row...

Near the Bataillonskommandeur...

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Pionier Bataillon 30

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Winter 1943/44 in Russia

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1944 with Eiserne Kreuz I. Klasse

And my mother.. doing first steps with grandfathers helmet...