Lot 8883
Awards and documents of Lieutenant Karl Goldschmidt from 2./s.Pz.Abt. 504
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A108r | Live auction | 1467 Lots
Hammer price € 2,100
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Iron Cross 1st Class on a screw-on disc (L/13), Tank Battle Badge in Silver, each with the swastika removed. Hitler Youth Sports Badge, a visibly worn B-piece in non-ferrous metal. An Iron Cross 2nd Class with the Army Honor Roll Clasp, a front-line production (workshop company?) made of two layers of brass sheet. The accompanying informal certificate dated April 29, 1945, signed by General of Panzer Troops Traugott Herr. Loose pages 21/22 with eight confirmed decorations, including the Panzer Cross in Silver for 25 days of action and the Honor Roll Clasp. Miniatures in the 1957 version and a pair of moth-eaten shoulder boards. Also from the family: his father's (?) military pass from 1908, a Reichsbahn shoulder board, and a party badge. This includes post-war documents from captivity, a typewritten curriculum vitae and accounts of experiences by "Tenente Carlo", which were used in the enclosed works "Blatt der 504. schwert Panzerabteilung" and "I carri Armati Tiger in Sicilia: La schwere Panzerabteilung 504 (Luglio - Agosto 1943)", both by Dr. Federico Peyrani, as well as in the book "Tiger - Die Geschichte einer legendären Waffe".Condition: II Questions about the lot?