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Johannes Pfundtner

Born: 15 July 1881

Died: 25 April 1945 - committed suicide along with his wife

Leitenden Staatssekretär im Reichsministerium des Innern

Präsidenten der Prüfungskommission für höhere Verwaltungsbeamte

Nationalen Olympischen Komitee

Goldenes Parteiabzeichen der NSDAP

They both died on Newtownards Road - Thomas is listed as dying at 23 & Carl at 27. They are both listed in the Palace Barracks memorial garden site as being killed in a RTA so maybe they were travelling from one base to another when the accident occurred.

Try contacting The County Down Spectator to see if they have anything in their archive for the date.

Konstantin Hermann Karl Freiherr von Neurath

Highest rank reached: Honorary rank SS-Obergruppenführer

Born: 02 Feb 1873

Died: 14 Aug 1956

Foreign Minister

Reichsprotektor Bohemia & Moravia

Received 15 years imprisonment at the Nuremberg Trials but released after 8 years due to ill health.

Not sure what it could be. I'm not sure it is the Chinese one as the one being worn seems to have 10 points whereas the Chinese one has 8 and the tiger seems to be taking up a lot of space in the center whereas it doesn't seem that way in the photo. Maybe another Chinese award - or from another country.

5 hours ago, Fred Perry said:

Please help to identify this signature

 Another example:

It is hard to say. There have been a lot of these various papers on the market that are described as coming from the archive relating to the Graf Spee and I think the jury is out on whether they are original, fakes or copies of originals.

Some interesting photos showing the PE rune. I have a Soldbuch to a Prinz Eugen Knights Cross & DKiG winner but unfortunately it doesn't have his photo in it.

In that case, all good. And the KvK citation confirms that the unit was based in Nürnberg.

Thank you. There is very little information available about these units which are ordnance depots. Feldzeugommando XIII was based in Nürnberg and from September 1943 to October 1944 it was commanded by Gottfried Riemhofer. The lack of a stamp from a static unit is strange and I can not compare the signature with anything as I don't have another example so I can't be 100% certain that this is a genuine example.

Can you provide a much bigger image of the citation please.

I agree, it is a fake. Wrong stamp, poor attempt at Burgdorf's signature (too large a gap between Burg & dorf) and lastly that is a Luftwaffe variant of the citation not Heer.

Richard Walther Darre

Born: 14 Jul 1895

Died: 05 Sep 1953

Highest rank held: SS-Gruppenführer

Chef Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (RuSHA)

Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture)

Reichsbauernführer

Author: Das Bauerntum als Lebensquell der Nordischen Rasse (1927) & Neuadel aus Blut und Boden (1930)

Martin Mutschmann

Born: 09 Mar 1879

Died: 14 Feb 1947 - Executed in Moscow

Gau-jägermeister Sachsen

Reichsstatthalter Sachsen

I don't think I've seen one without a stamp. While not common, definitely  genuine examples of these award citations to the two sisters do crop up from time to time so might be best waiting and looking around for one with a stamp just to make sure.

I can't say that I have and if this is coming from the same place as the Gneisenau citation then it's possibly best left alone.

I recently saw this Narvikschild related Soldbuch. Unfortunately it was already sold by the time I saw it. He served in GJR-138.

 I'm afraid I've not been able to find anything about his awards either online or in my books.

Have you attempted to check the personnel files at NARA to see if they have a copy of his?

Oberst Kurt Otto Gustav Wuthenow

Born: 15 April 1889
Died: 02 January 1981

Highest rank reached: Generalmajor

Kdr Wehrbezirks Hersfeld
Kdr Inf.Ers.Rgt 15
Im Stab der Division z.b.V. 409
Kdr Infanterieregiments 114
Kmdt zum Lehrgang im Kriegsgefangenenwesen
Kmdt des Oflag IV/D
Kmdt des Kriegsgefangenenbezirks Norwegen
Kmdt des Oflag VI/C
 

Some nice images. Are the actual albums German or just the photos that were placed in the album by your great uncle? It looks like white writing has been rubbed out from under the photos and replaced with English descriptions.

Generalmajor Paul Hoffmann
Born: 02 Dec 1885
Died: 10 Oct 1979

OKH Op.Abt
Kdr Inf.Rgt 333
mFb 717.Inf.Division
Kdr 342.Inf.Division
Kdr 382.Feldausb.Division
Kdr 147.Res.Division
Kdr d.Kgf.i.Wehrkreis IV
Kdt Oflag IV D

Oberstleutnant Heinrich Häfker

Highest rank reached: Oberst

Kdr Art.Rgt 5
Stoart Kdtr.d.Bef.Ostpreßen
Arko Festung Königsberg

Franz Xaver Schwarz

Born: 27 Nov 1875

Died: 02 Dec 1947 - Died in US Internment Camp.

Nazi Party Member (1922) - Party Number 6

Beer Hall Putsch

National Treasurer of NSDAP Finances (and responsible for assigning membership numbers)

SS Membership Number 38,500 - held rank of SS-Oberstgruppenführer

Led a Volkssturm Battalion

In September 1948, Schwarz was posthumously classified by the Munich de-Nazification court as a "major offender."

Kapitänleutnant Spott

Kommandant Schwimmende Flakbatterie Thetis

Generalmajor Albrecht Baier

Born: 28 Jul 1893

Died: 17 Jan 1953

Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant

Chef d.Gen.St.Mil.Befh.Posen 
Chef d.Gen.St. XXXIX.A.K.
Chef d.Gen.St. Stellv. Gen.Kdo.XXI.A.K.
Kdr 102.Inf.Division
Kdr 342.Inf.Division
m.F.b.230 Inf.Division
Kdr 297.Inf.Division
XXI.Mtn.Corps (m.st.F.b.)
Kdr 297.Inf.Division

DKiG: 31 Aug 1943

General der Panzertruppe Heinrich Gottfried Vietinghoff-Scheel

Born: 06 Dec 1887
Died: 23 May 1952

Highest rank reached: Generaloberst

Kommandeur 5.Pz.Division
Kommandeur XIII.Armeekorps
Kommandeur XXXXVI.Panzerkorps
Oberbefehlshaber 9.Armee
Oberbefehlshaber 15.Armee
Oberbefehlshaber 10.Armee
Oberbefehlshaber Südwest
Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Kurland
Oberbefehlshaber Südwest
Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe C

RK: 24 Jun 1940
EL: 16 Apr 1944
DKiG: 22 Apr 1942