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Kampfstaffel Panzer-A.O.K. Afrika grouping to Uffz. Schmid

Kampfstaffel Panzer-A.O.K. Afrika grouping to Uffz. Schmid

LOT 50-0325
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Auction ended        14th November 2020  |  05:36 pm CET
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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
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LOT 50-0325
EAN 2000000498058
LOT 50-0325
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
EAN 2000000498058
MATERIAL
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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
LOT 50-0325
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Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

Veteran purchased grouping! Never available on the market before. The veteran shot himself a few years after our consignor got this grouping of him after being informed he will die from cancer.

Excellent document grouping to Unteroffizier Peter Schmid serving with 1./Kampfstaffel Panzer-A.O.K. Afrika and Fla-Bataillon (mot) 606 (in February 1941 transferred to Africa). Between May 1943 and October 1943 he was a British prisoner of war.

1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate. Issued in Africa on 24.9.1941. Signed by Generalmajor Johann von Ravenstein (Knight's Cross and Pour le Mèrite winner). Two holes.

1939 Iron Cross 1st Class certificate. Issued on 1.8.1942. Facsimile signed (!) by Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds winner). On the back of the document is a report about his bravery, for which he was awarded the Iron Cross. In the night from 28.6. to 29.6.1942 he supported the infantry in Marsa Matruk for over 2.5 hours with his gun. The foreign forces had approached up to 200 meters. The attack was repulsed. Signed by a Hauptmann. Two holes.

Wound Badge in black certificate. Issued on 12.1.1944. Signed by a Stabsarzt. Two holes.

Army Flak Badge certificate. Issued on 25.1.1943. Signed by a General of the Infantry. Not easy to find. Two holes. 

General Assault Badge certificate. Issued on 10.12.1940. Signed by General der Artillerie Christian Hansen (Knight's Cross winner). Two holes. 

"AFRIKA" cuff title certificate. Issued in Africa on 29.4.1943. Signed by a Leutnant. Two holes. 

A letter from Gauleiter Fritz Wächtler to him. He congratulated him on his release from war captivity in October 1943. Signed by Gauleiter Fritz Wächtler. "5.11.1943" dated.

Furthermore, three period time German Reichsbahn promotion documents. 

A rare grouping. Slight signs of use.


Condition
good condition