Double 1939 EK2 Documents.

[ChrisKelly]

[hucks216]

Interesting to see and just shows how difficult it is to try and tie an award down to any specific action. The date of an award could be the date it was signed, typed up or could be backdated to the day of the action it was issued for and there's no real way to determine which one it is.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi, may not be the case here, but I have seen WW1 groups where on rare occasions the authorities had lost the overview, and someone was awarded an Iron Cross twice for the same action. in the case in question I think the officer was proposed by 2 different authorities and he was awarded the EK twice for the taking of Lüttich.

 

It apparently also happened in 1940 or 41 once the regulation went through that the Stellv AOK could automatically award the EK2 to soldiers in hospital back in germany who recieved a silver wound badge without a citation for bravery, that the Stellv AOK awarded an EK2, but the division had already proposed one for bravery in the same action.

 

All the best

Chris