Heer Gebirgesjäger Rgt. 13 - Convolute

[AlecH]

Hi Everyone,

Picked up this small Gebirgesjäger convolute during the Christmas break. Wound (Black) & Iron Cross 2nd Class certificates. The wound certificate was issued the same day as the soldier was wounded. I've a number wound certificates, generally they were issued a short time after the wounding, this is the first one I have with same day issue.

Researching the certificates, after the UV light test, the Feldpostnumber and signature Ott from 2nd Battalion commander match up. Reading the offical history - on the 29 October 1941, the day of the wounding,the Gebirgesjäger 13th regiment were involved in stubborn fighting at the electrical works at Surgress trying to capture bridges over the Mius river - without success.

The EK II certificate signature Braun, - Julius Braun was the 4th Division Commander, which the 13th Regiment was part of. Braun survived the war, lived on to write a book "Enzian und Edelweiss - Die 4 Gebirges-Division 1940 -45. With luck, you can wrinkle out a fair amount of background information.

[hucks216]

Hello Alec,

Nice little grouping. I have done a little bit of digging and posted the info earlier today over on the WWM post. Basically it looks like this soldier was KIA in Romania in September 1944.

Edited January 6, 2010 by hucks216

[spanferkel]

Indeed nice set.

Jeremy