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Leutnant Kurt Votel

Born: 07 Oct 1917

Died: 04 May 1941 - succumbed to wounds received the previous day

3./JG-2

1./JG-2

Victories: 9

Image: Soldbuch

Oberleutnant Hans-Jobst Hauenschild

Born: ???

Died: 10 Sept 1943

Highest rank reached: Hauptmann

3./JG-2

6.JG-54

JFS-4

Staffelkapitän 8./ZG-2

Gruppenkommandeur III/SKG-10

Victories: 6

DKiG: 19 Feb 1943

Ehrenpokal: 26 Oct 1942

Image: Soldbuch

Hauptmann Hans-Juergen Hepe

Born: 13 Oct 1912

Died: ???

J.88 (Legion Condor)

Staffelkapitän 4./JG-2

Staffelkapitän 1./JG-2

Gruppenkommandeur I/JG-105

I/JG-400

Victories: 13

Spanienkreuz in Gold

Ehrenpokal: 25 Jun 1943

Image: Soldbuch

Oberleutnant Julius Meimberg

Born: 11 Jan 1917

Died: 17 Jan 2012

Highest rank reached: Major

4./JG-2

Staffelkapitän 3./JG-2

Staffelkapitän 11./JG-2

Stab II/JG-53

Gruppenkommandeur II/JG-53

Victories: 45

RK: 24 Oct 1944

DKiG: 29 Oct 1942

Image: Soldbuch

Generalleutnant Eberhard Rodt

Born: 04 Dec 1895

Died: 14 Dec 1979

Hauptmann Erich Ring

Born: 09 Feb 1909

Died: 03 Sep 1942 - KIA near Starosselowo

Highest rank reached: Major (listed as Oberstleutnant in Volksbund)

Chef 5./Infanterie-Regiment 84

Kdr II/Infanterie-Regiment 84

RK: 21 Sep 1941

Image: Wehrpass

Major Gerhard Baron von Bistram

Born: 30 Jul 1896

Died: 09 Sep 1939 - KIA at Jezow

Chef 7./Infanterie-Regiment Görlitz

Kdr II/Infanterie-Regiment 30

Image: Wehrpass

Very nice grouping and a bonus with the photos. I would assume that the EK II was awarded for the fighting at the Halfaya Pass.

Nice late war example. Judging by the entry on Page 1 he was captured by the Americans, most probably when the regiment was destroyed at the River Moselle in March 1945 against Patton's 3rd Army.

My last one to a Luftwaffe recipient Obergefreiter from 1. / lei. Flakabt. 96 (mot) got the Bronze 

 

 

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Regards

Andreas

Nice variant. Signed by Oberst Friedrich-August Runge who won the DKiG in April 1944.

another one in Bronze for an Obergefreiten from 4./ Grenadier - Regiment 76 (mot)

 

 

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That looks like it could be signed by Friedrich Karl Barner who won the DKiG in October 1943 before being killed in action a month later.

A variant not shown, Drivers Badge in Bronze to a soldier serving with Panzerjägerabteilung 7 - 7th Infantry Division. Signed by ?

I have Hauptmann Harald Schulz listed as the Kdr of Pz.Jäger-Abt 7 for that period. He won the DKiG in October 1943.

Does his record show any other assignments within the division, such as Stab/Pz.Artillerie.Rgt, Pz.Jäger or Pz.Pioniere as he may well of got the Assault Badge if serving within those sub-units? If it was an Infantry Assault Badge than I would expect the entry to be more specific and actually mention the 'Infanterie' part, as can be seen here with the award of the IAB and PAB to a member of SS-Pz.Rgt 3 (he won the IAB during earlier SS service prior to transferring to the Panzer Regiment.)

I can see why you are gutted about the Soldbuch as judging by the awards page it would of been a great - and rare - example. But still a nice find and with the signature of Major Hans-Georg Lueder (the first commander of s.Pz.Abt 501) in the driving instructors license.

Looks like he may well of been captured in Africa in May 1943, in which case he may well of torn out a lot of the SB pages anyway..

That is the signature of Wilhelm Burgdorf. His signature tends to be seen on prelim RK citations.

Burgdorf

I can't say that I have seen one of those before either. I have had a flick through the Young & Meinz books on German documents and didn't see it in there although considering the sheer amount of different ID passes in the books I could of missed it. 

I'd agree with Andreas. If it says Sturmabzeichen I would assume it to be the General Assault Badge.

Is this signature of Oberst Hans Treptow (http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Schutzenregimenter/SR101-R.htm) ?

It certainly looks like it says Treptow but I don't have any example in my files to compare with.

I would agree with Mervyn in that this should come under the Red Cross sphere for awarding if it goes ahead but with a new medal what does and what doesn't constitute Humanitarian Aid? Would there be a dividing line between such actions as going to an Ebola stricken area and deploying to the West Indies for 6 months every year (as RN warships do) to help rebuild local communities that are devastated by Hurricanes? And if so why?

Would there be retrospective awards for the Boxing Day Tsunami or the rescue crews who went to New Zealand and Japan after the earthquakes there?

I just can't help thinking Cameron has come up with this to try and have his name/tenure as PM associated with a new medal.

I wonder if it is possible to trace further details for the trainer/owner and the horse?

Nice clear photo. I wonder what became of them in the years ahead?

I wonder how many of those companies in the adverts are still in existence today?

I like the early KIA Wehrpass, just 15 days into the 1940 Western Campaign. It also has the signature of future DKiG winner Walter Hackbarth at he bottom of Page 32.

Good to see that the items have managed to stay together.

Irishgunner,

The 2012 Independent Medal Review conducted by Sir John Holmes, from 1 October 2014 the qualifying period for the medal without rosette was extended to 21 October 1982, the date Mount Pleasant airfield was finished. So the recipients would have faced no enemy action??

 

That's correct although there would still be tensions in the area. It is the same for the sailors who served on the first ships who went down to the islands to relieve the Task Force after the fighting had finished. I know someone who served on HMS Birmingham at the time and received his SAM without Rosette just before this Christmas. He wasn't in the theater for the fighting but was on the first ships to arrive there after the surrender.

Hi,

 

it should be Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Hornack.

 

Uwe

Yep - checking the Lohmann/Hildebrand volume it shows that he was indeed the Kdr of I.Ersatz-MAA from October 1939 to January 1940. Killed on 14th April 1940 during the Norway invasion as Kdr of Marine-Stosstruppabteilung (Kriegschiffe Gruppe 2).