Chris Boonzaier Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Here is an interesting pair... He gets IV to II on one doc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Then a 1st Class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 A plain old 3rd Class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 A plain old 3rd Class Nice signature of Kurt Himer who at one point held the German General liaison position in the High Command of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces (1941) and who died of serious wounds received while commanding 46 ID in 1942. Won the DKiG in March 1942. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Here is a Kriegsmarine version to a member of a pre-war U-Boot (at the outbreak of war he served aboard U-18) and hand signed by Karl Dönitz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Here is an interesting pair... He gets IV to II on one doc... The date on the doc, 2. Oktober 1936, is the date all the initial awards were made to then-active servicemembers. So on that date you would have gotten all the classes to which you were entitled. Documents with later dates generally mean you either returned to active duty later, or reached the qualifying years of service later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Correct, see here "4. bis 1. Klasse": His next document was for 40 years of service in 1939. Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 An example of a IV Klasse to a medic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Agaim a double award document for the "3.u 4, Klasse" issued to a member of the Kriegsmarine,Bootsmann Walter Fiedler. I have posted his Minesweeper document in the appropriate thread also. Regards,Martin. , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Another KM document issued to Oberstabsmatrosen Martin Schmitz.The document is signed by Vizeadmiral Hans-Herbert Stobwasser. I beleive that Schmitz went on to serve on the HK Thor and later in the war was awarded the Marinefrontspange. Sadly,i do not have his HK document but i do have his MFS doc. Regards,Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Another example of a IV Klasse award to a sailor killed when F-9 was sunk by HMS Ursula in December 1939. Signed by Friedrich-Wilhelm Pindter who was also killed in that attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyanacek Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Here is a document for the Luftwaffe 4-Year Long Service Medal. I believe this one is signed by Gerhard Bassenge, but I am not certain. Can someone please confirm this signature? Thank you and best regards, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyanacek Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Here are some closer views of the signature. Gerhard Bassenge was a pilot in WW1 with seven aerial victories. Is this his signature? Thank you, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Yep, that is his signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyanacek Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Yep, that is his signature. Thank you for the confirmation. Best regards, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Here is a Kriegsmarine version to a member of a pre-war U-Boot (at the outbreak of war he served aboard U-18) and hand signed by Karl Dönitz... Kevin, Great to see a handsigned signature of Karl Dönitz as he really early did start using stamp versions of his signature. During the war years, we see GCIG award doucmenst signed by him, for the rest of the awards it are nearly all stamped versions. Best regards Eric-Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompress Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Another form for DA 4th Class, with handwritten signature General von Geyr, 3rd Panzer Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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