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In a move that I am sure will go down a storm with Luftwaffe collectors/researchers Larry deZeng & Doug Stankey have made their huge database of Luftwaffe Officers Careers available to the public in the form of PDF's... http://www.ww2.dk/lwoffz.html According to the Intro there are over 35,000 Luftwaffe officers listed with whatever details the duo have been able to gather about them.

And finally the awards page showing the awards of KvK II Kl + Schwertern, Ost Medal, Drivers Badge in Bronze, Heeres-Flak Badge and the EK II. Aslo shown is the 'Flak Points' & Sturmtage sides of the additional sheet.

His second units page showing service with 3./Heeres-Flak-Artilerie (mot.) 295 and the award of the Drivers Badge in Silver.

His personnel details and his units page showing the transition from the Flak units of 12 Pz.Division (10./Pz.Art.Rgt 2) to 20 Pz.Division (10./Pz.Art.Rgt 92).

A first for my collection is this soldbuch to a member of a number of Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung, which if I have followed the lineage correctly started with 12 Panzer Division before being reassigned to 20 Panzer Division (Source: Fire Brigades by Kamen Nevenkin). I believe he spent at least some part of the last months of the war as a motorcycle messenger. It is the first soldbuch I have to someone awarded the Heeres-Flak Badge and an additional little bonus was a sheet of paper showing the points awarded to enable him to be eligible for the award and signed by his Batterie Chef (no idea who that is I'm afraid). Two points were awarded if an aircraft was shot down with the assistance of other batteries while 4 points were awarded if a single battery was the sole responsibilty for downing an aircraft. In Schilling's case he was awarded 2 points three times and 4 points a further three times. The points threshold for the qualification of the badge was 16. On the reverse of the 'Flak Points' sheet is Schilling's Sturmtage. He was awarded the KvK II KL + Schwertern, Ost Medal, Drivers Badge in Bronze & Silver, Heeres-Flak-Badge and the EK II. According to Fire Brigades, Schilling's units were equipped with 20mm Flak and 20mm Flak Vierling until late in the war when the former 20mm Flak was upgraded to 37mm.

As he isn't listed for any high end awards (with that spelling at least) I would assume that a large percentage of those 1500 sorties were training flights or something along those lines. I have a Wehrpass to a fighter pilot from 1939 to 1945 and of the 1838 flights he made only 116 were counted as combat sorties.

No idea who he might of been but I would say that the order round his neck bears a resemblance to the Bulgarian Order Of Military Merit... http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=4088

Hello, There is no-one with that name listed for either an Ehrenpokal or DKiG in the Ordensträger. Maybe the spelling is different. As for SG 5 there is a little information on the web but not much... http://www.ww2.dk/air/attack/sg5.htm http://www.cieldegloire.com/sg_005.php There is a proposed second volume due on Dive Bomber & Ground Attack Units Of The Luftwaffe 1939-1945 by Larry de Zeng & Doug Stankey that would provide details on SG-5 but at the moment that has been put on hold by the publishers. The only others that I can think of is an Osprey book and a Luftwaffe Colours book that cover all the ground attack units but nothing in depth... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Luftwaffe-Schlachtgruppen-Aviation-Elite-Units/dp/1841766089/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332501191&sr=1-11 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schlachtflieger-Luftwaffe-Ground-Attack-Colours/dp/1857802748/ref=pd_sim_b_6

The EK I is signed by Ernst Lucht (RK & DKiG) while the last one is signed by Joachim Plath. Both ended the war as a Konteradmiral.

The Sudetenland Medal citation is signed by Fritz Berger who commanded the destroyer Bruno Heinemann from 8th January 1938 to 3rd December 1939. I believe his final rank was Kapitän zur See and he won the RK on 4th August 1940.

The KvK citation has the stamped signature of Ernst Schirlitz.

Managed to find a teensy bit more out and the signer isn't Kriegsmarine, but looks to be Heer with the rank of Major (of course, he might be Luftwaffe but I'm just assuming Heer). I've Copied & Pasted it so the translation is with the original item... II. Chef Kriegsgef. Aug.: General & Political affairs of the prisoner of war set-up. Col. Dr. V. Reumont Group Allg. I: Treatment of prisoners of war and effects of the prisoner Lt. Col. Krafft of war problem on national policies. Group Allg. II: The prisoner of war problem in its foreign-political aspects; Major Roemer escorting of representatives of the Protecting Powers, of the I.R.C., etc., on their visiting trips. Group Alig. III: German prisoners of war in enemy lands and members of the Major Clemens Wehrmacht interned in neutral countries. Group All’g. IV: Problems of administration of the prisoner of war set-up. Taken from: Rules and Regulations for the Operations of German Prisoner of War Camps ( http://www.lawofwar....POW%20Rules.htm )

Judging by this link it might be U-130... http://www.uboat.net/special/emblems/u130.html

I'd say he was German as the letter is dated in Berlin and by a representative of the 'Chef der OKW'.

The signature looks like it says 'Clemens' but without a rank it will be hard to tie it down to a specific person.

If you can add them then that will be great. That way you can put as much or as little information as you wish.

After digging through my files I've found the third one - it is Hans-Herbert Stobwasser.

The second one is Gustav Kieseritzky who held that position from Feb to Nov 1943.

Generalmajor Werner Kempf. Born: 9th Mar 1886 Died: 6th Jan 1964 Highest rank reached: General der Panzertruppe Panzerverband Kempf Kdr 1 Leichte Division Kdr 6 Panzer Division Kommandierender General XXXXVIII Armeekorps Kommandierender General XXXXVIII Panzerkorps Oberbefehlshaber Armee-Abteilung Kempf Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Ostland Kommandierender General vom Höheres Kommando Oberrhein Ritterkreuz - 3rd Jun 1940 / Eichenlaub - 10th Aug 1942 Image: PAB Bronze citation - Stamped signature

Generalfeldmarschall Walter von Reichenau. Born: 8th Oct 1884 Died: 17th Jan 1942 - due to hear failure after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage two days earlier. Oberbefehlshaber der Gruppe 4 Oberbefehlshaber 6 Armee Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd Ritterkreuz - 30th Sept 1939 Image: KvK II Kl + Schw citation - Stamped signature.

I'm not entirely sure but I think it is rarer to see a KvK I Kl to an enlisted man then an EK I, especially those of the equivalent of the 'Private' ranks.

The KvK could be awarded for bravery not in the face of the enemy (as well as an award for meritorious reasons) so could be awarded for many things - pulling people from a damaged building, or rescuing people from a damaged battery that had a fire spreading to ready use ammunition etc.

That is a big pity. We see plenty of times when groups are split up and the citations are sold on an individual basis, and while I don't agree with it I can see why they do it (i.e. maximise the potential profits) but what was the point of seperating just one citation from the rest unless it was to make the PoW papers alittle more attractive to any buyers but then you would expect the KvK II as well as the 1st Class to be kept apart from the rest and sold seperately?

Hello Patrice. Welcome to the forum and thank you for adding that wealth of information to this post. Hope that you make the forum your home from home.

Very nice set in great condition - and thank you for adding the signatures to the database :cheers: