dedehansen Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Hello Gent´s, today I wan´t to show you the doc´s from Unteroffizier Wondres from 2. / V.G.R. 1148 His doc for the KVK 2nd class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedehansen Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 His doc for IC 2nd class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedehansen Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 and finally his doc for the wounded badge in black. Every help and informations appreciated Regards Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 At the time of the awards 563 VGD were situated in the Kurland Pocket. The KvK is signed by Ferdinand Brühl while the EK looks to be signed by Werner Neumann. I don't know why there is a '(VD)' near every signature though. It isn't something I have seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Andreas, Kev, Are you keen on the stamps, it is hard to tell with all the copyright stuff running through it, it is not a true copy of the doc but the top two the ring of the stamp is very clear and the center illegable where I would want to see . The VD aside I am not that keen on the stamping on the first two and if they are all linked by VD then what of the last one since they date from Jan - Mar with different locations and subunits, what is with the VD apart from not wanting to get it? Jock Edited December 18, 2014 by Jock Auld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 It is very difficult to be 100% sure either way. At first I had my doubts because I can not find a reference to Volks-Grenadier-Regiment 1148. There was a 563 Volks-Grenadier-Division but from what I can find out the three infantry regiments (1147, 1148 & 1149) were all titled Grenadier Regiment 1147 etc etc, i.e. not Volks-Grenadier-Regiment. The stamps do cast doubts but I have seen worse examples on genuine items (although it is hard to make out any details due to the watermarking/quality of image). Unfortunately I have no examples of the two signatures in my files to compare against and as of yet I still can't figure out why they all have (VD) on the citations especially as the last one comes from the San-Kompanie whereas the others from the Divisional HQ so was it a case of the Wound Badge being the original example and the other two have been added to beef up the group and so someone has copied the (VD) or is it just something 563 VGD did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Andreas, Are these items all you have from the paperwork side of this soldier? If there is more perhaps there may be other clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedehansen Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi Jock, all I can tell you, that this group came from my neighbours brother several years ago, and I have no doubts about the authenticity. Kind regards Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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