Documents and Signatures 3
Small Document and Medal set to Kriegsmarine Matrosen Artillerie Gefreiter Alois Philippi. Awarded the War Service Cross 2nd Class with Swords, Paris, 30 January 1943. Has the stamped signature of Admiral Wilhelm Marshall as well as the ink stamp, Oberbefehlshaber des Marinegruppenkommandos West.
Document has a center fold and two binder holes.
Also includes a 3.5 x 5 inch photo of him in Navy blue uniform, as well as his unworn Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2 Klasse mit Schwerten. It is suspended from about 8.5 inches of original ribbon. The original issue packet has no rips or tears. The back is ink stamped by the maker, Augustin Prager, Gablonz 82.
This came from the Saar region of Germany.
$105
SOLD
Small Document and Medal set to Army Unteroffizier Friedrich Burkhardt, 15 Company Grenadier Regiment 937. Awarded 30 January 1944, and has the ink stamp of the 245 Infanterie Division. Signed by Generalleutnant Erwin Sander, as Commander of the 245 Infanterie Division. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross, 3 September 1942. The 245th was formed in September 1943, in Rouen, France. When the award was made, the division was in Dieppe. They were continuously on the West Front until capitualtion.
The document has a curl to it, but no folds or binder holes.
The War Service Cross 2nd Class with Swords Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2 Klasse mit Schwerten shows slight age, No maker’s mark. Suspended from about 3 inches of original ribbon.
Another set I picked up in the Saar region of Germany.
$80
SOLD