Lot 8767

Description

Privately purchased item in field-grey cloth, in quality befitting an officer. Dark green collar, complete with collar patches, stitched shoulder boards with gilt appliqué "244" and hand-embroidered breast eagle for officers with the original stitching. Field-grey lacquered buttons, these also complete, three loops on the left breast pocket for the orders (pin-on badges), the right breast pocket with two specially made holes to insert the German Cross. Lined in green silk, stitched tailor's label "Wilhelm Holters Berlin", the name tag "Leutn. d. R. F. Großkreutz - No. 728 - 6.12.1935" in the inside pocket, the label also from the tailor "Wilhelm Holters", with a vent on the side to accommodate the officer's dagger. Ordinary signs of wear and use, no moth damage or repairs, two or three small "tears". The two breast pockets and the pocket flaps of the hip pockets made of a slightly darker fabric. The enclosed documentation (after 1945) on Oberstleutnant Großkreutz also includes a contemporary photograph, in which he is wearing this very tunic, as the breast pockets clearly show. Sleeve length 69 cm, shoulder width 44.5 cm, length 79 cm. On 22 November 1943, he received the Knight's Cross as commander of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244, awarded for his valour in the conflict near Bezukhov. Under heavy enemy anti-tank fire, Oberstleutnant Großkreutz helped to hold the runway cross at Rechytsa Bridgehead. Other decorations: German Cross in Gold on 27 October 1941 and Honour Roll Clasp of the Army on 18 August 1942.

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