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I don't collect EK's so I don't often have much to contribute to this section but recently I was able to obtain some items that belonged to a Battalion Commander who won both the EK II & I in World War 2.
Unfortunately the EK II wasn't part of the set but along with his Wehrpass and some photos I was also able to obtain what military medals there were. Although they were all de-Nazified there were two EK I's with one having a pin fitting and the other having a screw fixing (unfortunately the screw plate was missing) with the latter having the marking of L54.
What is especially interesting is that the soldier, who finished the war as a Major, was an athlete and pre-war he competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, losing in the Semi-Finals of the 400m. He also competed in the 1938 European Championships where he won Gold in the 4x400m Final.
After the war he worked for the pastry company 'Heinemann' which was founded by his sister and her husband.
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9 minutes ago, Bernhard H.Holst said:
Hello Kevin.
Signature is that of the later Gen.d.Inf. Wilhelm Reinhart, PlM. He received the " honorary" SS rank and was promoted to general to possibly give him adequate rank as the head of the national association of veterans.
He was prominent in fighting leftist uprisings following the end of WW I.
Bernhard H. Holst
Many thanks for that Bernhard. That's one for my files!
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Thanks for posting. I can't say I have seen one of these before, I wonder who the signature belongs to?
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This looks like your man.
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It certainly is a labour of love. Good luck in looking for everything else as I doubt it will end when the TDB arrives! : )
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This link might be of help... Major Reck
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Great photo. It looks like he has a set of Bulgarian aviation wings just above his EK I & Luftwaffe badge.
Can only agree with Bernhard with regards to the transport units - and from a collecting viewpoint they are very under-rated.
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Recently I managed to obtain a handful of Kriegsmarine Soldbücher including one for a crewman on the Tirpitz. But the one I was really pleased to get was to a flak crew member who served on the floating battery 'Thetis' which was used to provide additional AA support to Tirpitz both in Altafjord and Tromso. Thetis was originally built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1896 as a cruiser for the Norwegian Navy, serving under the name of Harald Haarfagre. When the Germans invaded Norway in 1940 they captured the ship and converted it into a Flak ship to be used at the main fleet anchorages in that country.
Thetis was present at all the air attacks on the Tirpitz while she was at anchor and was present for the final attack that capsized her. In fact the sailor received the EK II on 4th November 1944 which would tie in with the attack by 9 & 617 Squadrons on 29th October 1944 (operation Obviate). this attack saw no direct hits with the Tallboy bombs due to cloud cover, but just 8 days after his award of the EK II the Tirpitz was finally sunk by multiple Tallboy hits when 9 & 617 Squadrons returned.
During his service he was also awarded the Minesweeper Badge & the Coastal Artillery Badge. Judging by a slip of paper fixed into the Soldbuch he served with Marine-Flak-Abt 709 which was stationed on Thetis. The Soldbuch contains the signature of Otto Messtorff who commanded Marine-Flak-Abteilung 709 as well as the signatures of two of the Commanding Officers of Thetis - Helmut Steib and a Kapitänleutnant Spott.
I have also been able to find two photos on the internet ( http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/miscellaneous/tirpitz_kaafjord_then_and_now/tirpitz_kaafjord_then_and_now.html ) that show Thetis in close proximity to Tirpitz in Kaafjord providing a duty that would today be called a Goalkeeper role in the Royal Navy.
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It is a facsimile - the signature on the left is the hand signed one.
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Hi,
the Oberleutnant und Staffelführer should be Oberleutnant Franz-Josef Maubach
Uwe
Good shout. I can see that name in the signature.
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That is a great effort. Hopefully you will be able to find the items that you are looking for.
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Only via WAST and even then they might not release the information.
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Kev,
Thanks for your time taken to resolve this soldiers fate. Shame he was not recovered.
I doubt that the originator of the letter can be found as I suppose he would be too far down the food chain if Heinz was only a Sgt.
Thanks again.
The way to attempt that is to contact the WASt and ask for the service details of Heinz as we know his date and place of birth (whether they would give that information out to non-next of kin is doubtful but they do sometimes do that). Then that could show the unit he was with when killed and then maybe try and find if the writer served as a officer in that unit. There is an Oberleutnant Adolf Müller who won the DKiG in 1943 and another Oberleutnant Adolf Müller who won the Ehrenblattspange in 1945 (assuming they are two different people).
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Hi Richard,
"Major und Kommandant Fliegerhorstkommandantur 15/VII"
I think, that it could be Adrario; with much good will I can read Adrario, but really in a very individual handwriting.
I have to agree. I think it is indeed Adrario.
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It is Enno-Erich von Limburg, born 5 Nov. 1893 in Sondershausen. He was an Oberleutnant a.D., reactivated as a Hauptmann in IR 16 in 1934, Major on 1.10.37, Oberstleutnant on 1.12.39, Oberst on 1.3.42. Commanded II./IR 6 from 1.7.38 to 2.12.40, was an Offizier-Richter on the Reichskriegsgericht from 21.7.41 to 31.12.43, and was named commander of GrenR 731 on 1.4.44.
RK & DKiG winner
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Any ideas on this signature on the opening page of a Wehrpass, and signed by a Hauptmann und Kompanie Chef 6./Inf. Regt. 16, dated 30-September-1936?
Regards Richard.
For 1929 I have found a Hauptmann Schaumberg in command of 4.Kompanie (no idea if he was a 'von' or not as the signature suggest that signer is.)
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Any ideas on this signature on the opening page of a Wehrpass, and signed by a Hauptmann und Kompanie Chef 6./Inf. Regt. 16, dated 30-September-1936?
Regards Richard.
You'll need to post that one in the Unidentified Heer Signatures thread.
Signed as Oberleutnant und Adjutant I./Kampfgeschwader 2 from the first half of 1942.
I 'think' I read Koepping? although that name does not reach a match with anything I can find as yet.
Any ideas on the signature?
Regards Richard.
Hans Rössing - Ehrenpokal
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Bernhard thank you very much indeed for your help!
Do you have any additional information on Stigell at all?
I checked Doug Stankey and Larry de Zang's Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries and only found the following:
STIGELL, Josef. 01.06.41 promo to Oberst.
Regards Richard.
No information on him but I have seen his signature on prelim RK citations before.
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Many thanks for that Richard.
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I would go with some sort of early/pre war burial. Is that a coffin in between the two soldiers at the front? If it was nearer the end of the war I'd imagine that the Germans would be wearing more awards, especially the flyer in the front - or no awards at all.
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Sounds like a good item to have - and certainly to start off that line of collecting - if it is such a scarce piece. I look forward to seeing your future items.
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I can't say that I have ever seen one of these before so thanks for showing.
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Olympian EK I's
in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
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Unfortunately I have no idea. I am not a follower of athletics so wouldn't know where to look for the runners in his heats in the Olympics or European Championships or who was and wasn't famous.