hucks216

And here is a Kreta cuff band citation to an aircrew member in a Ju-52 who took part in the operation...

Nice examples. I used to have one of those variants to someone badly wounded in Africa after being there for just a week or two but used it as part of a trade (along with his Wehrpass) for a Bismarck Wehrpass a while ago. Here is a Luftwaffe variant for a ground crew member of JG-27...

Like the GD (my main collecting unit) one as you don't tend to see much from the Pz.Art.Rgt GD and I think the Reichenfels one is outstanding.

Time to bring this thread back to life. Please post what you have. Here is an EK II citation produced onboard the pocket Battleship Admiral Scheer during her war cruise of 1940/41. Signed by Theodor Kranke.

First citation shown here is a citation for the KvM and awarded to a female in 1942. The second is another design variant for the KvK II Kl mit Schwertern awarded to an Oberleutnant in a construction unit and signed by Max von Schenkendorff.

Two more. The first one is for a KvK II Kl and while it isn't anything 'sexy' and is stained but it is actually the first citation that I ever bought over 22 years ago and which set me down the path of paperwork collecting. The second is a KvK II Kl mit Schwertern awarded to a soldier in a fuel supply unit and bears the signature of Eduard Wagner who was executed for his role in the Valkyrie Plot.

And here are a KvK II Kl mit Schwertern and KvK I Kl mit Schwertern awarded to eventual SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Johann-Georg Schreyer. The KvK II Kl is hand signed by Wilhelm Keitel while the KvK I Kl bears Keitel's stamped signature. Both were issued at FHQ.

Two more examples and both SS related. The first is a KvK II Kl mit Schwertern from a set for a WW-1 veteren who found himself serving in the Werkstatt Kompanie of the SS-Totenkopf Division. It bears the signature of Theodore Eicke. The second is a KvK II Kl and was awarded to a member of the Schutzpolizei. It bears the signature of SS-Obergruppenführer Otto Hofmann who was a participant of the Wansee Conference.

The third example is another KvK II Kl mit Schwertern and awarded to a soldier in a construction unit. It bears the hand signed signature of a future Generalfeldmarschall, Erich von Manstein. And the forth is for the KvK II Kl and was awarded very late in the war (20th April 1945). This would of been awarded as a 'batch' award in that a certain number were awarded on particular dates of the year that had significance for the Nazi'z - namely 30th January and Hitler's Birthday of the 20th April. It is a Kriegsmarine issue and is signed by Otto von Rhein.

A citation type that has many variations are those for the KvK & KvM and are also a great resource for signatures. Feel free to show any that you have. I will get the ball rollong with the following examples... The first is for the KvK II Kl mit Schwertern and awarded to a member of a RAD unit and it bears the signature of Generalfeldmarschall von Kluge. The second is also for the KvK II Kl mit Schwertern and awarded to a soldier in a transport unit in Greece (1941) and it also bears the signature of a Generalfeldmarschall, in this case Wilhelm List.

And this is one in the same organisation and dated during the war...

Promotion citation for someone in the Forestry organisation. The recipient was born in Washington, USA and would also serve as an infantry officer in 71 & 333 Infanterie-Divisions in WW2. Signed by Friedrich Alpers...

Another one to the JG-27 ground crew member - this time signed by Wolfgang Lippert (30 Victories and died in a British hospital as a PoW in Africa)...

Another one to a ground crew member of a fighter unit, this time JG-27 and signed by Gustav Rödel (98 Victories)...

Promotion citation to a member of the ground crew of JG-54 Grünherz and signed by the outstanding leader Hannes Trautloft (58 Victories) ( http://www.fighteracesonline.com/hannes_trautloft.htm ) ...

Promotion citation to Ernst Dominik who won the DKiG and spent most of the war serving aboard the Scharnhorst and was her Executive Officer when he was KIA when she was sunk in December 1943. Signed (Counter-signed) by Erich Raeder...

Here is the front & reverse of a promotion citation to an officer who spent the war in Flak units including commanding II/Flak-Rgt 26. It is signed by Erhard Milch...

And this one is signed, or rather counter-signed, by Wilhelm Keitel...

One of two promotion citations awarded to Hermann Fischer who would go on to serve in Pz.Rgt GD. This one is signed by Walther von Brauchitsch...

I'm not one of those who studies a persons personality through their hand writing and signature but you only have to look at that signature to know that the owner had a cunning and ruthless streak.

Another Gestapo related one to the same man on the Heydrich signed citation. This one is signed by Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf who was executed in 1944 for supporting the July 20th plotters...

Two pre-war examples to a Helmut Tzschaschel with the first one signed by Werner von Blomberg and the second signed by Werner von Fritsch - both ousted from their positions in the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blomberg-Fritsch_Affair )...

A pre-war example hand signed by both Adolf Hitler and Werner von Blomberg...

I've just brought the old one back tot he top by adding one. I'll leave merging the old threads for now as I seem to have an intermittent problem with Mod edit rights at the moment.

After a suggestion by Chris time to bring this thread back to life. Please add what you have. Promotion citation to a member of the Gestapo and hand signed by Reinhard Heydrich...