hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 This is a more recent addition to the collection then the Pz.Rgt GD Officers citation grouping and one of my favourite acquisitions of the year. The grouping consists of 4 citations, a wound tag, insignia and a handful of photos for a soldier who served as a Sturmboot Pionier in Infantry Rgt Grossdeutschland and stayed with that unit all through its various reorganisations, eventually being evacuated from the East in April 1945 as a member of Pz.Pi.Btl GD due to injury. I was thrilled to get this set as the EK II citation bears the very rarely seen signature of Grossdeutschland's first official commander - Oberst/Generalmajor Wilhelm-Hunald von Stockhausen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Next up we have his Wound Badge In Black citation signed by Oberstleutnant Foellmer of GD's Replacement Btl organisation. He was originally the commanding officer of Infantry Ers.Btl 99 (mot.) in 1940 that acted as a replacement unit for GD before & during the French Campaign in 1940 and was eventually absorbed into Grossdeutschland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 The Infantry Assault Badge In Bronze citation is signed by Oberst Kohler. He would be killed in action in December 1942 during the bitter and heavy fighting in the Luchesa Valley while commanding a GD Kampfgruppe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Unfortunately I have not been able to positively identify the signature of the Company Cdr on the Eastern Front Medal citation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) And the wound tag that saw Guenter Teifke evacuated away from the fighting in the East and escape Russian captivity, or death, in the final battles in East Prussia. Edited November 27, 2010 by hucks216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Teifke's insignia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Photo 1 - Guenter Teifke is the soldier sitting on the left of the image (as you look at it)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Photo 2 - a good image of Teifke wearing the Sturmboot Pionier insignia on his upper left arm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) Photo 3 - Teifke in a more formal pose taken sometime between March & August 1942 seeing as he is not yet wearing his Infantry Assault Badge... Edited November 27, 2010 by hucks216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 And finally - of the 15 or so photos that came with the group this is my personal favourite and is a rare photo of Teifke wearing an assault gun type wrapper with his GD & Sturmboot Pionier insignia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) And the wound tag that saw Guenter Teifke evacuated away from the fighting in the East and escape Russian captivity, or death, in the final battles in East Prussia. Very nice and interesting group! His Inury contusio cerebri (bruising of the brain tissue) durch Verschüttung He received a traumatic brain injury caused by him being buried in a cave-in. Edited November 27, 2010 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Very nice and interesting group! His Inury contusio cerebri (bruising of the brain tissue) durch Verschüttung He received a traumatic brain injury caused by him being buried in a cave-in. Thank you for translating that. His luck might not of been so good after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Unfortunately I have not been able to positively identify the signature of the Company Cdr on the Eastern Front Medal citation. Hauptmann Wenzel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Hauptmann Wenzel Fantastic! :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Another great document grouping! I wonder what year he joined the service. It is nice to see that he made Feldwebel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) Another great document grouping! I wonder what year he joined the service. It is nice to see that he made Feldwebel! He was born in February 1918 - was Unteroffizer in 1941 - the number on the ID tag is rather low (Pi.Ers.Batl.2 was created in summer 1939) I think he must have joined the combat engineers in the fall of 1939 (after a civilian apprenticeship or service in the Reichsarbeitsdienst) Edited November 28, 2010 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 That stinks... he made it through the entire war to be permanently disabled in the final days. I hope that he was able to pursue a decent life afterwards.By the look in his final photo, he received either the WB in Silver or Gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanferkel Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) Nice document grouping/insignia!! Jeremy Edited November 28, 2010 by spanferkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 hucks216, Very nice grouping. Extra special to get the artifacts with photos showing them in wear. Something each of us would love to have. Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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