Uncategorised CITATIONS - Promotion

[François SAEZ]

Please, post yours

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[J Temple-West]

Promotion document to Helmut Gericke.

[hucks216]

After a suggestion by Chris time to bring this thread back to life. Please add what you have.

Promotion citation to a member of the Gestapo and hand signed by Reinhard Heydrich...

Edited December 21, 2012 by hucks216

[hucks216]

A pre-war example hand signed by both Adolf Hitler and Werner von Blomberg...

[hucks216]

Two pre-war examples to a Helmut Tzschaschel with the first one signed by Werner von Blomberg and the second signed by Werner von Fritsch - both ousted from their positions in the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blomberg-Fritsch_Affair )...

[hucks216]

Another Gestapo related one to the same man on the Heydrich signed citation. This one is signed by Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf who was executed in 1944 for supporting the July 20th plotters...

[Chris Boonzaier]

After a suggestion by Chris time to bring this thread back to life. Please add what you have.

Promotion citation to a member of the Gestapo and hand signed by Reinhard Heydrich...

Oooof... that is a killer!

[hucks216]

Oooof... that is a killer!

I'm not one of those who studies a persons personality through their hand writing and signature but you only have to look at that signature to know that the owner had a cunning and ruthless streak.

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[hucks216]

One of two promotion citations awarded to Hermann Fischer who would go on to serve in Pz.Rgt GD.

This one is signed by Walther von Brauchitsch...

[hucks216]

And this one is signed, or rather counter-signed, by Wilhelm Keitel...

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[hucks216]

Here is the front & reverse of a promotion citation to an officer who spent the war in Flak units including commanding II/Flak-Rgt 26. It is signed by Erhard Milch...

[hucks216]

Promotion citation to Ernst Dominik who won the DKiG and spent most of the war serving aboard the Scharnhorst and was her Executive Officer when he was KIA when she was sunk in December 1943. Signed (Counter-signed) by Erich Raeder...

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Promotion citation to a member of the ground crew of JG-54 Grünherz and signed by the outstanding leader Hannes Trautloft (58 Victories)

( http://www.fighteracesonline.com/hannes_trautloft.htm ) ...

[hucks216]

Another one to a ground crew member of a fighter unit, this time JG-27 and signed by Gustav Rödel (98 Victories)...

[hucks216]

Another one to the JG-27 ground crew member - this time signed by Wolfgang Lippert (30 Victories and died in a British hospital as a PoW in Africa)...

[hucks216]

Promotion citation for someone in the Forestry organisation. The recipient was born in Washington, USA and would also serve as an infantry officer in 71 & 333 Infanterie-Divisions in WW2. Signed by Friedrich Alpers...

[hucks216]

And this is one in the same organisation and dated during the war...

[Chris Boonzaier]

This was a nice little one, long gone... The Panzer assault badge was signed by Peiper as Regt commander...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Couple of Army...

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2

[Chris Boonzaier]

I assume this one is "Kosher" ?

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Luftwaffe

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Kriegsmarine

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Marine

[Laurence Strong]

The only 2 I have, both to the same person.

First one is Reigerungsinspektoranwärter Robert Kordas. I have been told that this was promoting hiom to a temporary position dated 25 June 1940 in Königsberg