Lot 8861

Description

Award document for the German Cross in Gold, 29 September 1944, with facsimile signatures of Hermann Göring and Colonel General Bruno Loerzer. Document for the Ground Combat Badge, 23 February 1943, signed by Major General Werner Anton. Document for the Iron Cross 1st Class (1939), 15 November 1943, signed by General of the Air Force Curt Pflugbeil. Document for the Luftwaffe Flak Combat Badge, 21 October 1942, signed by Lieutenant General Job Odebrecht. Document for the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords, 20 December 1941, with the facsimile signature of Hermann Göring and the signature of General of the Air Force Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf. Document for the Iron Cross 2nd Class (1939), 25 June 1940, signed by General of Flak Artillery Hubert Weise. Also includes documents for the Wound Badge in Black and Silver. Bundeswehr documents and promotion notices signed by Federal President Heinrich Lübke and Defense Ministers Gerhard Schröder, Kai-Uwe von Hassel, and Franz Josef Strauß. A letter from Franz Josef Strauß to Herbert Weismann, signed “Dein Strauß” (Yours, Strauß). Over 140 photographs from his service in the Wehrmacht Luftwaffe, including five photos from his time in the Bundeswehr. Additionally, numerous documents, handwritten notes, identification papers, newspaper clippings, and maps—predominantly of a military nature and dating from before 1945. Captain Weismann served in Light Flak Regiment 75 and Flak Regiment 54. After the war, he served in the Bundeswehr, attaining the final rank of Lieutenant Colonel. This collection comes directly from the family and has not previously been part of any other collection. Signs of age and use; some documents punched.

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