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I'm wondering if it starts with a 'B'. Generalmajor Baade, Generalmajor Fritz Becker and a few others have a similar way of starting their signature as shown in your example. This is von Heynitz's signature, hence why I deleted my post about it being him. Notice how he is a Hauptmann in June 1943 but the other signature is an Oberleutnant one month later...

I would say that it fits. Your example seems to be a more neater signature whereas mine is a more hurried 'admin' signing example. I'm not sure if it is true that all Kompaniechef of Wachbataillon/regiment GD were RK holders. In a Soldbuch to a member of that unit (from which the above signature comes from) there is a signature of another Kompaniechef of 5.Kp dated for February 1943 and it clearly reads Kose and no-one with that name is listed in the RK lists. Plus a Leutnant Görlitz commanded Ehrenkompanie Schloss Laeken (a sub-unit of Wachbtl GD) and he isn't listed either.

I deleted/hid that post as I was incorrect. After posting that suggestion I realised I had an example of his signature in my files and it looks completely different so didn't want to send you down the wrong path.

Unfortunately my listing of Wachbataillon/regiment GD officer's doesn't contain anything that looks similar but I might have another example of his signature while an Oberleutnant & Kompaniechef of 5./Wachbataillon GD and dated for July 1943.

There are plenty of others - almost a collecting theme in their own right! Here are some others including another Dirlewanger variant and two Luftwaffe versions...

I'm afraid that this is a fantasy piece and is not a genuine item. It - and others like it - are flooding the market from Eastern Europe. Here are just some of the many other versions of these fake pieces... Some more...

That's great Glenn, thanks very much for that.

Can anyone name this Major please? Kompanie-Chef of 1./Pionier-Btl 1 (1.Infanterie-Division) dated for October 1938. The Offizierstellenbesetzung 03.01.1939 lists a Hauptmann Scharfenorth in that position, with an Oberstleutnant Otto Meyer in command of Pi.Btl 1.

That must of been a very serious injury that saw him spend over 2 & a half years in a hospital. What grade of Wound Badge (assuming it was a combat injury) was he awarded?

1939 dated Stamped variant.

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This is the thread for KM speciality badges - I have changed the title to suit the idea.

I have changed the thread title to promote this idea. It will be interesting to see the various examples. I have this one in a Soldbuch showing a sailor on the Tirpitz. And this one showing a sailor from 5.Raumbootsflottille.

Nice photo. I wonder what the War Badge is that we can just see the top of - U-Boat or Aux.Cruiser maybe?

Autographen Des Nationalsozialismus 1919-1945 Band II. Luftwaffe by Andre Huesken - Second in the series with this new release covering Luftwaffe Leadership, Flying Personnel, Flak & Fallschirmjäger.

Nice example to a unit (both the Pz.Pionier-Btl and it's parent unit 23.Panzer-Division) that saw a lot of combat. Of the 11 soldiers in 23 Pz.Division that won the Close Combat Clasp in Gold, no less than 5 came from Pz.Pi.Btl 51. Signed by Hauptmann Hesse, the soldier was wounded on the 9th September when Pz.Pi.Btl 51 was used to counterattack Soviet forces that had captured Prochladny deep in the Caucasus region. By the evening the village of Primalkinskoje was back in German hands but the attack against Prochladny had bogged down.

If I could figure out what the first letter is of the surname I should be able to figure it out!

Nice photo and that sounds like quite a collection. Hopefully you won't have long to wait to reach 400 such images.

Based on the details held in Volksbund, it would of been another Erich Nath.

It could take them weeks or months before they get back to you.

Try contacting the Deutsche Dienstelle and giving them his name, date of birth and birth place. They might hold his service record and if you are lucky they could provide you with his service details. They only tend to give details to the Next of Kin but as you are related to him you might get lucky... Deutsche Dienstelle

Do you know what unit he served in?

Here is his burial details. According to the Volksbund he was killed on the 9th July 1943, the forth day of Operation Citadel.

Oberleutnant Ernst-Albrecht Hückel Born: 23 Sep 1919 Highest rank reached: Hauptmann Pi.Btl 43 Chef 1./Pi.Btl 43 Chef 3./Pi.Btl 'Grossdeutschland' Btl-Führer Pz.Sturm-Pi.Btl 'Grossdeutschland' RK: 27 Sep 1943 DKiG: 14 Feb 1942

Hauptmann Johann Strassner Born: 15 Jul 1904 Highest rank reached: Oberstleutnant Chef 2./Pi.Btl 33 Chef 3./Pi.Btl 33 Chef 3./Pi.Btl 23 Possibly Pi.Btl 296 Remaining career unknown