Lot 8791

Description

German Cross in Gold, maker's mark “20” (C.F. Zimmermann), lightweight version, black enamelled swastika with no chipping, weight 44.19 g. Close Combat Clasp in Bronze, bronze-finished zinc, maker's mark “C.E. Juncker”. Iron Cross 1st Class 1939, General Assault Badge, Wound Badge in Silver (maker's mark “65”), Finland Petsamo-Rovaniemi Badge, Finland Rovaniemi Badge, and DRA Sports Badge in Bronze. Large medal bar featuring Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939, Eastern Front Medal, Army Long Service Awards (4 and 12 years), Austrian Anschluss Medal, and Finland Medal of Bravery 1918. Ribbon bar and miniature pin for the German Cross, 1957 versions. Award document for the German Cross in Gold, A5 format, dated 15 April 1944; facsimile signature of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. Award documents for the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class 1939, dated 15 March 1942 and 15 July 1942, both with original signatures of Lieutenant General Hermann Tittel. Award document for the Winter Battle in the East, dated 20 July 1942, original signature of Lieutenant General Erich Schopper. Award document for the Wound Badge in Silver, dated 22 August 1944, original signature of a Senior Staff Medical Officer (Oberstabsarzt). Congratulatory telegram regarding the award of the German Cross in Gold, from Colonel Meiners. Helmsman's license for Army-owned motorized watercraft (including assault boats), with photograph. 24 photographs; in three of them, he is wearing the German Cross. Three additional documents and an envelope (pre-1945). Book “Die 81. Infanterie-Division” (The 81st Infantry Division); Major Aubeck is mentioned several times. Signs of age and use; all documents have been punched with a single hole. The collection comes directly from family ownership.

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