iron cross Show us your Iron Cross Award Documents

[Kevin H 658]

 

Here is of of mine : an interessant print of Maximilian Verlag, accorded to a member of FJR 15 after Normandy campaign. Already showed here, in the past.

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Nice variant. I have an EK I version of this citation and have also seen a Wound Badge version as well.

[L 76 64]

Thanks. It's one of my favorite print.

There are also the Erdkampf Abz. der Lw and the Afrika cufftitle. All the FJR 15 award documents I have seen, all signed between september and october 44 are of the same print.

[Bart V. 770]

 

Here is of of mine : an interessant print of Maximilian Verlag, accorded to a member of FJR 15 after Normandy campaign. Already showed here, in the past.

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Excellent print, thanks for sharing it in this thread. Is it a dark(er) paper - as you notice the other Urkunde are on lighter colored paper - or is it just because of the scanner?

[L 76 64]

9 hours ago, Bart V. said:

 Is it a dark(er) paper - as you notice the other Urkunde are on lighter colored paper - or is it just because of the scanner?

Yes, it's the result of scan.

[Stewy 162]

Another one of mine part of a Lappland group. Stewy

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[Michael1000 170]

Here is one of mine. This guy was involved in a Spähtruppunternehmen where they managed to capture 4 English soldiers with maps etc.

Because of that each one of them got a leave of 20 days. If he also received the EK2 for the same job is just guessing but in any case he received it a few days after the Spähtrupp so it might be connected.

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[Kevin H 658]

One to a member of Sturm-Pionier-Btl 43. Unfortunately the signature of von Kluge has faded but the citation has the man's actions typed up on the reverse.

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[Martin W. 449]

Here are a few Hilfskreuzer related EKII doc's.

A preliminary document for a crewman on the HK Thor.

Signed in Yokohama,Japan by the Commander Gunther Gumprich.

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[Martin W. 449]

For a crewman from the HK Stier,signed by the Commander Horst Gerlach.

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[Martin W. 449]

A preliminary document for a HK Orion crewman,signed by the Commander Kurt Weyher.

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[Martin W. 449]

Another document from the HK Orion,(Schiff Nr.36),again signed by Kurt Weyher.

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[Martin W. 449]

On 17-9-2016 at 0:30 PM, Kevin H said:

This one is to a civilian, the II Officer aboard the blockade runner 'Tannenfels'. This would of been awarded for the war cruise she had undertaken which involved resupplying numerous commerce raiders, including Admiral Scheer, before going alongside Bordeaux in April 1941. Tannenfels would be one of the ships damaged in the famous 'Cockleshell Heros' raid (Operation Frankton) on the port in 1942.

Here is a webpage about Tannenfels and includes an image of this citation - Tannenfels

 

Signed by Werner Ehrhardt

Hi Kevin,

for the sake of interest,here is an original photo I have of the Tannenfels.

It came as part of a grouping I have from a crewman of the HK Stier.

The Tannenfels picked up the survivors of the HK Stier after she was sunk on Sept.27 1942 by the US Liberty Ship Stephen Hopkins.With only a few losses the crew of the Stier were safely returned to Bordeaux by Tannenfels.

Cheers,Martin.

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[BCD4 80]

Hi Martin,

ship 16 is missing :-)

 

regards Walle

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[Martin W. 449]

Nice doc's Walle.

Still looking for a HK award doc from the Atlantis.

The Komet and the Widder too.

 

Cheers,Martin.

[Kevin Grootaers 94]

Very nice EK documents guys. I don't own any yet. But hope to change that soon.

[Bart V. 770]

Excellent document together with the Iron Cross 2nd Class Award document, together they form a real piece of history! Especially such late war ones from the Western Front. Martin, also big thanks for sharing some precious KM Awards document of the EK2. This is becoming an excellent thread. 

[J Slavick 35]

On 9/23/2016 at 0:50 PM, BCD4 said:

Hi Martin,

ship 16 is missing :-)

 

regards Walle

 

Walle:  Your documents are great.  You have a very sizable Mang Nachlass correct?  This is only the fourth EK2 document from Atlantis I have seen in either form.  It is fantastic that you have both!

Joe

 

[J Slavick 35]

On 23-9-2016 at 6:50 PM, BCD4 said:

 

I must have clicked a wrong button or something, I tried to reply to the entire thread in a new reply, but everytime I click reply, the only option I have is to repy as a quote to Walle's post.  Sorry I have no idea what I did.

Kevin H:  That Admiral Scheer on-board certificate and the homemade ribbon are both simply amazing!  Thanks for posting. (The only other on board produced EK2 ribbons I have seen before were produced aboard Komet.  These were thin, pliable strips of metal which were then painted to replicate ribbons.)

That Tannenfels early document is stunning.  Given all the history that ship was involved in, this early document is great to see.

For the thread, I only have one contribution to add right now.  This EK2 certificate was previously published and shown online by the former owner, I want to hold some items as unpublished in the hopes I can release a future reference work or on-line research page.

Joe

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[J Slavick 35]

@ Walle:

I am a knucklehead....!  I **NOW** see your documents are from two different crewmen. My attention to detail is still a bit fuzzy this morning as I shake off Saturday night's beers. In correction, I've seen your two documents, and three others-- for a total of five known Atlantis documents.

Joe

[BCD4 80]

Hi Joe,

no problem at all. Indeed I've two complete groupings from Atlantis. Böttcher and Mang Böttcher has received this prim. award doc, signed on board from Rogge. As far as I know, he later moved over to a captured ship and brought this home to france. here is his official doc 

regards Walle

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[Michael1000 170]

Not as spectacular as all those Marine EK2 documents but it also belongs here. It is part of a larger group and the signature is from Gruppenführer Walter Krüger.

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[Kevin H 658]

Another Waffen-SS one from a set and signed by Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich.

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[Kevin H 658]

Another Waffen-SS one and this time signed by Paul 'Papa' Hausser

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[Kevin H 658]

And one more Waffen-SS related one and this time signed by Felix Steiner

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[Alberto 127]

Great documents you show here Kevin!

impressive!!!