Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 As promised in a previous thread, here's the rather large grouping i just received to Oberst Wilhelm Fuhrmann. Enjoy!First off, here's Wilhelm. Photo taken pre-war, it's actually not part of my group. Somehow it got mixed up with his brother, Otto's group owned by Ian jewison.previous threadSo let's start at the begining.Nice early doc for the 1914 EKIILater on he also won the EKI as you can see from the photo but unfortunately there's no doc for it. However i do have his doc for the MVO 4thclass with swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Also his commisioning doc to LeutnantWith the war over he got the usual veterans awards, firstly from the Kyffh?userbundThen the hindenburg cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Then in 1935 he re-entered the army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 4 year long service, signed by Franz Halder.medal for the annexation of AustriaThen he get's posted to command the newly formed Gebirgs Nachrichten Abteilung 67 of the 2 Gebirgs Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 So, war breaks out again and it's not long before Wilhelm picks up another medal. This time the bar to the EKII.firstly his preliminary doc, signed by Valentin Feursteinthen the proper thingAfter Poland a spell on the Westwall, unusually the doc is not signed or stamped yet is serial numbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Next comes Norway where Wilhelm picks up the bar to the EKI. According to the archives of the 2 Geb.Div. the division awarded just 3 EKI spange for the Norwegian campaign.He also picked up the Gruppe Feurstein doc Next comes a year of occupation duties before things happen again and the 2 GD along with the 3 GD are sent into Russia in order to try and take the port of Murmansk. Wilhelm is still with the division when winter comes so later on, when he gets posted back to Germany he gets his East front medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Another 2 years pass before our man picks up another medal, this time the ubiquitous KVKII, signed by Karl KriebelThen for his final promotion to Oberst the officers of his unit, Nachrichten Ausbilidungs Abteilung 7 congratulate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Lastly a document from Fuhrmann detailing the activities of the units and men under his command during the dying days of the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 What a huge grouping! The detail list is really something... can someone translate... please?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Well, that's NOT Wilhelm's photo-- the ribbons don't match! He had a Wehrmacht 4, Austrian Annexation, and Westwall that I don't see there. Quite interesting usually unseen paperwork regarding his "probationary" contract before becoming an (E) officer as a former RESERVE officer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Orchard Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) Well, that's NOT Wilhelm's photo-- the ribbons don't match! He had a Wehrmacht 4, Austrian Annexation, and Westwall that I don't see there. Quite interesting usually unseen paperwork regarding his "probationary" contract before becoming an (E) officer as a former RESERVE officer. Well it's not Otto. Actually, with the group was a document to Otto mixed in with it refering to his posting to NA 220. Was there a third brother?????The annexation and westwall medals could easily post date this photo, the westwall definitely so as he was a major by then. The long service is the thing. I wonder, could it be that at the time of the photo he hadn't had his ribbon bar altered yet? It'd be nice to know what else is on there, i assume a bunch of Bavarian stuff? The thing that does bother me is that he appears to be an oberleutnant here yet he was a hauptmann when posted to GNA 67 Edited April 29, 2006 by Simon Orchard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphillipsd Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Very nice document grouping you have there Simon, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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