German Military Forces 1933-45

Provisional award certificate in duplicate: “...I hereby award Oberleutnant d.R. Gutwillinger, Commander 2/Gr.Rgt. 580, the German Cross in Gold”, OKH, dated June 16, 1944, signature of Generalfeldmarschall “Keitel”. The document shows signs of age, punched holes, holes reinforced and taped on reverse, center fold. Accompanied by a photograph, approximately 65 x 95mm, of Gutwillinger in uniform wearing the German Cross.

awarded to a Senior Lance Corporal (Obergefreiter) of the Army Artillery Battalion (bo.) 289, issued on March 7, 1944, signed by Generalleutnant Hans-Ludwig Speth,- German Cross in Gold (April 14, 1942), Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (February 23, 1944),

, issued to a non-commissioned officer of Grenadier Regiment 721, issued on January 30, 1943, signed by Generalmajor Josef Reichert,- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (December 9, 1944). The certificate is hole-punched on the left side. Included is a promotion certificate from Oberjäger to Feldwebel, issued on September 1, 1943, in A4 format, folded and hole-punched.

for the war-wounded Unteroffizier from Nachrichten Ausbildungs Abteilung 20, for his single wound sustained on February 15, 1944, issued in Heidelberg on January 13, 1945, signed by the Stabsarzt and Chief Medical Officer. The certificate is folded once in the center.

for a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) of 2. Infanterie Regiment 209, issued on 5 November 1941, in Din A4 format, accompanied by the death certificate of the Gefreiter, dated 1943

Letter from the Kommando der Schutzpolizei, dated June 3, 1935, addressed to Hauptmann Emden, following his request for the transmission of all newspaper clippings regarding the death of First Lieutenant Otto Müller, enclosed is a portrait photograph in format: 5.4 x 7.5 cm. First Lieutenant Müller received a state funeral in Hamburg

for a German Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) of 1./Landesschützen-Btl.924, for exemplary conduct as ammunition bearer during the fighting around Suhaca, awarded on September 14, 1943; used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

for an Obergefreiter of the 4th Grenadier Regiment 397, formerly 218th Infantry Division, issued on April 20, 1943, signed by Generalleutnant Viktor Lang, - German Cross in Gold (April 14, 1943). The document is folded once in the center and punched on the sides.

for an Obergefreiter of the 1. Korps-Nachrichten Abteilung 48, issued on August 28, 1944 by General der Artillerie and Kommandierender General of VIII.A.K. Walter Hartmann, - Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (August 10, 1941). The document is folded once in the center.

for the Staff Physician of the Reserve, issued in Kassel on September 1, 1943, facsimile signature of General der Infanterie Otto Schellert,- German Cross in Gold on 26.12.1941, countersigned by an Oberst. The document was folded once in the center. Condition 2

for a Lieutenant from 11th Battery, Artillery Regiment 336, issued on July 2, 1942, signed by Major General and Commander of the 336th Infantry Division, Walther Lucht, - Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and German Cross in Gold. The certificate is folded once in the center, used condition.
Award Certificate for the Wound Badge in Gold, for his single wounding on August 20, 1942, issued on August 29, 1942, folded in the center, used condition.

Award certificate for the Crimea Shield, issued to the Non-Commissioned Officer of 11th Company / Infantry Regiment 391, dated February 15, 1943, hole-punched, condition 2. Award document for the Eastern Front Medal Winter Battle in the East, issued July 10, 1942, signed by the Lieutenant Colonel, hole-punched, condition 2. Included is a photograph of the Non-Commissioned Officer in format: 8.0 x 7.5 cm. And a photograph of the grave of the fallen Non-Commissioned Officer from the military cemetery in Kertsch, format 12.4 x 17.5 cm.

Award document for the “Bronze Zvonimir Medal with Oak Leaves”, awarded to an Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) of Headquarters 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division, with detailed justification for the award, issued on September 1, 1944, signed and countersigned by Generalleutnant E. Adrian, Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, used condition.

Award certificate for the Wound Badge in Black, for his single wound of September 5, 1941, issued in the field on September 15, 1941 by the Colonel and Regimental Commander. Award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, issued on October 3, 1941, signed by the Lieutenant General and Division Commander Ernst Seifert. Award certificate for the Eastern Front Medal Winter Campaign in the East 1941/42, issued on August 22, 1942. Award certificate for the Wound Badge in Silver, for his three wounds of 9/5/41 / 2/21/42 / 4/9/43, issued on May 12, 1943, signed by the Chief Medical Officer.

issued to a Reichsbahnrat (Reich Railway Councilor), dated April 20, 1942, signed by General der Infanterie Bodewin Keitel. The document is folded multiple times, used condition.

Award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, issued on October 20, 1941, certificate of ownership for the Crimea Shield, issued on February 15, 1943,
Award certificate for the Iron Cross 1st Class, issued on January 18, 1944.
All documents are hole-punched and folded once in the center.

issued to an Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) of the Staff 113th Infantry Division, on September 1, 1942, signed by General Lieutenant and Commander of the 113th Infantry Division Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin,- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (September 22, 1941),- German Cross in Gold (September 6, 1942). The certificate is folded once in the middle, used condition.

for an Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) from Flak Abteilung 5./467, issued on November 7, 1941, signed by the Commander of Luftflotte 5 and Commander North Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (September 18, 1941), Pilot and Observer Badge in Gold with Diamonds. The document is trimmed and thus measures 13.2 x 18.2 cm.

for a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) of the Wehrmacht Patrol Group Army Group Wöhler, issued on December 22, 1944, folded, used condition

for a Non-Commissioned Officer of 4th Company / Security Battalion 797, issued on March 3, 1944, signed by a General der Infanterie, hole-punched, folded once in the center, used condition

Awarded to an Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) of the Luftnachrichten Betriebs Kompanie/ N.A.G. 9, signed by Generalleutnant Paul Deichmann,- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (20 May 1944),- German Cross in Gold (20 April 1942). The document has creases in the center and at the upper edge, slight tears at the fold.

for a Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant), from Panzer-Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung 7 (7th Armored Replacement and Training Battalion), issued in Böblingen on August 22, 1944, signed by the Hauptmann (Captain) of the battalion, punched, condition 2

Award document for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, awarded to a field postal clerk from Feldpostamt 196, issued on April 6, 1942, signed by the Lieutenant General and Division Commander, punched, folded, foxing present, condition 2-

Award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, issued on 1.12.1943, signed by Generalleutnant Richard John,- Knight's Cross (20.12.1943), hole-punched, condition 2-. Award certificate for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, issued on 8.11.1941, signed by Generalmajor Wilhelm Seeger,- German Cross in Gold (2.07.1942), hole-punched, condition 2-/3. Award certificate for the Eastern Front Medal, issued on 10.08.1942, hole-punched, condition 2. Certificate of possession for the Wound Badge in Black, for his single wounding on 13.08.1942, issued on 21.09.1942, slightly spotted, hole-punched, condition 2-.

Award document for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, awarded to a non-commissioned officer of 1./ Fest. -Bau-Btl. 1, issued on September 1, 1942, signed by Commander-in-Chief of 18th Army Georg Lindemann,- Knight's Cross (5.8.1940),- Oak Leaves (21.08.1943). The document is folded once in the center, condition 2

for an Oberfeuerwerker (Senior Armorer Sergeant) of Oberfeldzeugstab 5 (Senior Field Ordnance Staff 5), issued on December 20, 1942, signed by General Eduard Wagner,- he supported the preparations for the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944,- committed suicide before arrest by the Gestapo (1944). The certificate has slight tears along the center fold line, punched, condition 2

Award certificate for the Eastern Front Medal (Winter Battle in the East), for the Non-Commissioned Officer of M./Werfer-Ersatz-Abteilung 2, issued on October 15, 1942, signed by the Regimental Commander and Oberstleutnant of the Reserve Herbert Burkhardt (German Cross in Gold September 8, 1944).
Award certificate for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, for the Private First Class of 1. Kol./Entgiftungs Abteilung 101, issued on January 30, 1941, signed in facsimile by Generaloberst Busch, the certificate has a slight tear in the upper center.
Included is a letter regarding the certificate of possession for the Wound Badge in Black, for his first wounding of June 1, 1940, issued June 18, 1940.

Accompanying document for the “Bronze Zvonimir Medal with Oak Leaves”, awarded to a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) of 5.Kp./Feld. Ers. Btl. 373 (Croatia), with detailed justification for the award, issued on September 1, 1944, signed and approved by Generalleutnant E. Adrian, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, used condition

who served in a formation within the German Wehrmacht from May 21 to September 15, 1941. He is discharged from the German Wehrmacht after completion of front-line service and dissolution of the formation.
The DinA4 sheet bears a photograph of the man, official stamp “Organisation Roland” and is signed by a Hauptmann (Captain) acting on behalf. The sheet is folded several times and shows some signs of use.

The Roland Battalion, officially known as Special Group Roland, was a subunit under the command of the Abwehr special unit Lehrregiment “Brandenburg” zbV 800. Together with the Nachtigall Battalion, it was one of two military units founded on February 25, 1941, by the Chief of the Abwehr Wilhelm Franz Canaris, authorizing the creation of the “Ukrainian Legion” under German command. It was primarily manned with occupied Polish citizens of Ukrainian descent who were directed to the unit through Bandera's OUN orders. In Germany, in November 1941, the Ukrainian personnel of the Legion were restructured into the 201st Schutzmannschaft Battalion. It numbered 650 persons who served one year in Belorussia before being dissolved.
Before Operation Barbarossa, Bandera's OUN actively collaborated with Nazi Germany. According to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and other sources, OUN-B leader Stepan Bandera met with German intelligence leaders regarding the formation of the “Nachtigall” and “Roland” battalions. On February 25, 1941, the Chief of the Abwehr, Wilhelm Franz Canaris, authorized the creation of the “Ukrainian Legion” under German command. The unit was to have 800 persons. Roman Shukhevych was appointed commander of the Legion from the OUN-B side. OUN expected the unit to become the core of the future Ukrainian army. In spring, OUN received 2.5 million Reichsmarks for subversive activities against the USSR. In spring 1941, the Legion was restructured into 2 units. One of the units became known as the Nachtigall Battalion, a second as the Roland Battalion, and the rest were immediately sent into the Soviet Union to sabotage the rear of the Red Army. The battalion was founded by the Abwehr and organized in March 1941 by Richard Yary of the OUN (b) before the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Approximately 350 OUN followers of Bandera were trained at the Abwehr training center in Seibersdorf under the command of former Polish Army Major Yevhen Pobiguschiy. Compared to Nachtigall, which used ordinary Wehrmacht uniform, the Roland Battalion was equipped with Czechoslovak uniform with yellow armband bearing the text “In Service of the German Wehrmacht.” They received Austrian helmets from World War I. The battalion had weapons consisting of 2 Czechoslovak light machine guns and German small arms.
The Nachtigall Battalion (Ukrainian Батальйон Соловей or Батальйон Нахтігаль) was a military formation of national-Ukrainian volunteers in World War II, raised by the German Wehrmacht for the war against the Soviet Union. Besides the “Nachtigall” Battalion, there existed the “Roland” Battalion (Russian Батальон Роланд), which however was already dissolved after a short time in autumn 1941.

Award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, as Obergefreiter in the Staff II./Inf.-Rgt.215, issued in the field on 3.5.1942 by Generalmajor Rudolf Freiherr von Roman - Commander of the 35. Inf.-Div. (Knight's Cross on 19.2.1942 and the 313th Oak Leaves on 28.10.1943); Award certificate for the Eastern Front Medal, as Obergefreiter in the Staff I./Sturm-Rgt.215, issued on 24.7.1942; Certificate of possession for the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, as Obergefreiter in the Staff II./Gren.-Rgt.215, issued in the field on 13.3.1943; Certificate of possession for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Bronze, as Obergefreiter in the Staff I./Sturm-Rgt.215, issued in the field on 7.6.1943; Certificate of possession for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Silver, issued in the field on 27.7.1943; Certificate of possession for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Gold, issued in the field on 13.12.1943; Certificate of possession for the Wound Badge in Black, as Obergefreiter of 14./Gren.-Rgt.74, for his wound on 10.12.1944, issued at Res.-Laz. Kiedrich on 23.12.1944; folded, used condition.

Award certificate for the Wound Badge in Black, as Pionier of 3.(mot)Komp./Pio.-Btl.46, for his wound on 2.7.1941, issued in the field on 26.7.1941; Award certificate for the Wound Badge in Silver, as Gefreiter of 3./Pio.-Btl.46, for his third wound on 16.1.1942, issued in the field on 28.3.1942; Award document for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, issued on 1.9.1942 by General der Panzertruppen Friedrich Kirchner - Commander of LVII. Panzer-Korps (Knight's Cross on 20.5.1940, the 391st Oak Leaves on 12.2.1944 and the 127th Swords on 26.1.1945); Award certificate for the Crimea Shield, issued on 25.9.1942 with facsimile signature Generalfeldmarschall v.Manstein; Award certificate for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Bronze, as Obergefreiter of 3./Pio.-Btl.46, issued in the field on 21.8.1944; Award certificate for the Kuban Shield, issued on 15.9.1944 with facsimile signature of Generalfeldmarschall v.Kleist; Award certificate for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Silver, as Obergefreiter of 3./Heeres-Sturm-Pionier-Btl.46, issued in the field on 1.4.1945; folded used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DIN A4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

Award certificate for the Eastern Front Medal, as Obergefreiter, issued on 27.7.1942; certificate of possession for the Wound Badge in Black, as Obergefreiter of 14./Inf.-Rgt.412, for his wounding on 27.8.1942, issued on 4.9.1942; certificate of possession for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Bronze, as Obergefreiter of 14./Gren.-Rgt.412, issued in the field on 19.5.1943; certificate of possession for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Silver, as Stabsgefreiter of 14./Gren.-Rgt.412, issued in the field on 9.11.1943; certificate of possession for the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, issued in the field on 10.12.1943; award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, issued in the field on 5.2.1944 by Generalleutnant Wilhelm Berlin - Commander of the 227. Inf.-Div. (Knight's Cross on 6.3.1944); certificate of possession for the Driver's Proficiency Badge in Gold, issued in the field on 15.8.1944; also included is an authorization certificate for obtaining a vehicle plaque from the firm F.Hoffstätter in Bonn, issued in Essen on 13.4.1955; punch-holes, folded and partially with heavier signs of use.

Award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, issued to Obergefreiter Wagner of Infantry Regiment 689, dated March 15, 1942, signed by Generalleutnant Maximilian Siry - Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (June 13, 1942), folded once in the center, used condition.
Certificate of possession for the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, issued to Unteroffizier Wagner on May 11, 1943, folded multiple times.
Certificate of possession for the Wound Badge in Black, for his single wound of December 25, 1943, slight foxing.
Soldbuch, condition 3,
Extract from the personnel roster, service record book, furlough cards, receipt cards, health insurance certificate,

Award document for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, awarded to a Master Sergeant (Stabsfeldwebel) from 2./Feldgendarmerie-Abteilung (mot) 571, issued on April 5, 1942, signed by General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (July 27, 1941) and German Cross in Gold (July 15, 1942). The document is folded once in the center, torn halfway at the center fold, condition 2. Included is a portrait photo of the Master Sergeant showing the “Feldgendarmerie” cuff title.

for a German non-commissioned officer of 9./Inf.-Rgt.383 (Croatian), awarded on September 9, 1943; used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.

DinA4 double sheet in used condition.