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Olt. Dr. Henning - Greece anti partisan photo album grouping

Olt. Dr. Henning - Greece anti partisan photo album grouping

LOT 51-0766
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Auction ended        20th February 2021  |  10:30 pm CET
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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
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LOT 51-0766
EAN 2000000514147
LOT 51-0766
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 2000000514147
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
LOT 51-0766
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000514147
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

Grouping to Oberleutnant Dr. Georg Henning serving as a company leader of Jäger-Regiment 228 and of 4./Gren.Ausb.Btl.53 from Januar 1943 until February 1944.

In Spring 1944, he was given another field command and served with 4. MG Komp./53 in Saloniki, Greece.In August 1944, he became Lemnos "Ortskommandant" of the Greek island Lemnos.  In late 1944, he was involved in anti Partisan combat serving with Festungs-Bataillon 1003. He must have been killed in 1944/1945 since the album looks to have been set up by a comrade to present to his family.

The grouping includes two framed portraits and two photo album,

Photo album September 1941 -  late 1944
An extensive album with a lot of extra documents and many notes allowing a lot of room for research. 
140 photos in total including many taken in Greece and Russia. The last shows a group of captures partisans. The photo above is titled " Dr. Henning mit seinem Kommandeur nach hartem Bandenkampf ....

Photo album 13.(M.W.) / Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 11
A prewar 1935 dated album with 69 photos inside.

A 1936 dated watercolor painted from his original portrait photo. Wooden frame. Size: 37cm x 43cm.

Period time portrait photo in frame showing Henning as a Leutnant. Size: 50cm x 37cm.

 


Condition
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