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Significant document grouping to Hauptmann Hermann Eggers serving as Chef of the 3./Flak-Regiment 64 (Sw. mot.). Knight's Cross winner on 21.08.1942.
Certificate to Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Issued on 22.08.1942. Signed by General der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf, German Cross in Silver winner. Rare to find!
Certificate to German Cross in Gold. Issued on 25.01.1942. Facsimile signature by Hermann Göring and signed by General der Flieger Rudolf Meister, Knight's Cross winner.
Certificate to Luftwaffe Long Service Award 4th Class. Issued by Wach-Bataillon "Regiment General Göring" on 01.04.1939. Signed by an Oberst.
Certificate to Ground Assault Badge. Issued on 15.11.1942. Signed by Generalmajor Richard Heidrich, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords winner.
Certificate to East Medal. Issued on 20.09.1942. Signed by an Oberleutnant.
Certificate to 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class. Issued on 17.05.1940. Signed by Generalmajor Otto Deßloch, Knight's Cross winner. The document has two holes.
Certificate to Luftwaffe Flak Badge. Issued on 20.10.1941. Signed by a Major.
Certificate to 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class. Issued on 03.06.1941. Signed by Generalleutnant Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf, German Cross in Silver winner.
Certificate to Bulgarian Pilot's Badge "Adler" (eagle). Issued in June 1941. Signed by a Bulgarian Generalmajor.
Certificate to Sudetenland Medal. Issued on 14.02.1940. Signed by Oberstleutnant Adolf Wolf, Knight's Cross winner. The document has two holes.
Certificate to Wound Badge in Black. Field made. Issued on 20.07.1940. Signed by a Major. The document has two holes.
Certificate to Wound Badge in Iron (Black). Field made. Issued in 1940. Signed by an Oberstabsarzt. The document has two holes.
Certificate to Romanian Anti-Communism Medal. Field made. Issued on 20.08.1943. Signed by a Hauptmann.
Certificate to Krim Shield. Field made. Issued on 20.03.1943. Facsimile signature by Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein.
Kriegschule Dresden leaving certificate. Issued by Flak-Regiment 25. Dated "24.10.1936". Signed by Oberst Heinrich Krampf, Knight's Cross winner. The document has three holes.
27 reprints of original photos. Among them are three hand-signed portrait photos of him.
6 original press photos (13x18 cm) and one original photo of an artillery gun.
An envelope with six original autographs by Arnold Huebner, Rudolf Cleve, Hermann Eggers, Max Hecht, and Sepp Prentl. Postwar signed.
Signs of use. Good condition.
Condition
2
Historical information
NAME
Knights Cross of the Order of the Iron Cross
DATE OF INSTITUTION
1. September 1939 as the third and new grade of the re-instituted Order of the Iron Cross
AWARD CRITERIA
The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for exceptional bravery in the face of the enemy and for outstanding merit in troop leadership. The awarding required the previous awarding of the two lower grades. The Knights Cross was solely awarded by the Führer upon the proposal of the soldiers unit and issued by the Heerespersonalamt. The Knights Crosses were stored at the Ordenskanzlei in Berlin, to be sent to the awardee after approval. There were no Knights Crosses stored at any level of the Wehrmacht before the end of April 1945.
MANUFACTURERS
The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was produced by seven manufacturers, not including variations amongst the individual companies. The Knights Crosses can be found either unmarked (early Juncker and 3/4 Ring), with a silver content mark, with an LDO number (L/12 and L/52), and later on with the company’s Präsidialkanzlei number (2, 20, 65, and 4). Private sales were forbidden after October 1941.
AWARD NUMBERS
Accurate numbers are not known but the closest estimation is around 7,200, and most likely another couple of hundred on stock at the Präsidialkanzlei.
AWARD DOCUMENTS
The awardee received a preliminary document in A5 format and issued in the name of the Führer by the responsible personnel offices of the three branches of the Wehrmacht. The formal document (Große Mappe) was issued later and only until date of late 1942 / early 1943 due to the huge backlog.
WEARING METHOD
The Knights Cross was worn around the neck on a wider red white and black ribbon which came within the black award case of the Knights Cross.
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