My 12. SS-Panzer-Divison "HJ" Collection

[HouweTrouwe]

# Officers from the "HJ" Division.
From these 4, 3 were Killed in Action
- Photo from Rudolf v. Ribbentrop signed to me.
- Photo from Hans Scappini signed by the son to me.

<a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/198517/11297302"><img src="http://u1.ipernity.com/19/73/02/11297302.5e3ed2bc.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="12. SS-Panzer-Division &quot;Hitlerjugend&quot;" border="0"/></a>

I finally could add two more private, unpublished photographs from officers of the HJ Division. Next to Fritz Witt, Hans Scappini, Karl-Heinz Prinz... I now also have Bernhard Siebken and Kurt "Panzer" Meyer.

[Sanman]

How can I get my cloth items to stay in my shadowbox without using pins? Ideas? Thanks

[Jeroen wo2]

Great SS HJ Collection! Thanks for sharing

[HouweTrouwe]

Great SS HJ Collection! Thanks for sharing

Bedankt, Jeroen! Glad that you all appreciate it All comments and/ or information is welcome. Also if you can help me find SS HJ material, much is appreciated!

[kirk]

very nice collection!

[Panzer Rob]

A nice postwar card I found and had Wünsche sign during our correspondence

Great photo, Mark! It must have been quite the experience to speak one-to-one with Herr Wünsche.

Really nice photo, thanks for posting it.
Rob

[HouweTrouwe]

very nice collection!

Thanks, kirk.
Also today my first Feldpostbrief from the HJ Division came in. From
SS-Wirtschafts-Bataillon 12. Will try to find out more on the soldier.

[dEVIL]

Nice collection Bart !!
Thanks for showing !!
Best regards,
Yves

[5thFallschirm.]

Nice to see a focust collection.

Prachtig Bart,

Nick

[HouweTrouwe]

Nice to see a focust collection.

Prachtig Bart,

Nick

Nick,
Bedankt! Uw 5. FJD collectie bewonder ik ook, wanneer komt uw collectie thema daaraan? Ik denk dat ook veel ogen daarop gericht zullen zijn. PS: Heb je het herinneringsprentje nog van Ostuf. Hans Wachter? Je mag het altijd hier posten of als je het wegdoet, even een seintje geven

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I am searching especially anything related to Obersturmbannführer Hans Waldmüller. Any tips to material are rewarded and most appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

[5thFallschirm.]

Hey Bart,

Thanks for your compliment.
When time permits maybe I can show my small 5th FJD collection also here (in the display forum), but most of my free time I spend on finding the items.
The deathcard of Wachter I still have, here the scan as you asked for.

Sorry, I don't sell this one, but if it ever goes, it will go to you!

Nachname Wachter
Vorname Johann
Dienstgrad SS-Obersturmführer / Kompanie Chef
Truppenteil 2./SS-Pz.Jäg.Abt.12, (Sturmgeschütz Abteilung)
12.SS-Pz.Div.”Hitletjugend”
Auszeichnungen DKIG(6/5/43) EKI EKII VWA Bronze(?/1/42) PKA Silber(?/2/42) OST-MED TREUE-DIENST ÖSTERREICH-MED SUDETEN-MED
Geburtsdatum 24/11/1912
Geburtsort/Wohnort Markt-Oberdorf (Meichelbeckstr.62)
Todesdatum 19/12/1944
Todesort Bei Rocherath/Krinkelt (Ardennen)
Todesursache -
Grablage Dortmund Block 140 Grab 248
Erkennungsmarke -
Sonstige
- DKIG bei Charkow am 6/5/1943 bei der 3./Pz.Jäg.Abt. LSSAH.
- SS-Nr. 77 227
- LSSAH Kragenspiegeln auf Bild.

- Zitat “Hitlerjugend Div. Vol.2”: "The bulk of II./25 and Panzerjäger Abt. 12 had followed Obersturmführer Zeiner after they dislodged the enemy from the Krinkelt forest. They followed him closely along the country lane to Rocherath. Soon after leaving the forest they came upon the enemy, ready for defense, in the darkness. After a bitter fight, they were able to throw him back, effectively supported by there own artillery. Immediately east of Rocherath they again encountered superior enemy troops. The attack stalled there under very heavy artillery fire. An attempt to by-pass the enemy by swinging to the north also faltered in the face of his superior forces. With the loss of several Panzerjägers, it is probable that the chief of 2. Panzerjägerkompanie, Obersturmführer Wachter, and the leader of his III. Zug, Oberscharführer Bitau, were killed during these battles."

[HouweTrouwe]

# Feldpost von SS-Mann Werner Pasche. I also found one from him in my books. Sadly I couldn't find him in my archive.

<a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/198517/11665298"><img src="http://u1.ipernity.com/20/52/98/11665298.cbcd67b7.1024.jpg" width="787" height="1024" alt="12. SS-Panzer-Division &quot;HJ&quot;" border="0"/></a>

[HouweTrouwe]

# Photograph from the Leibstandarte taken at HQ at Kharkov - July 1943 (?), correct me if I am wrong but I thought that is was I remembered. Seen are Kraas, Meyer, Dietrich etc.

<a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/198517/11665411"><img src="http://u1.ipernity.com/20/54/11/11665411.5c4e34c1.1024.jpg" width="1024" height="740" alt="12. SS-Panzer-Division &quot;Hitlerjugend&quot;" border="0"/></a>

[HouweTrouwe]

# A postwar photograph from Meyer, Peiper, Günsche and Dietrich.

<a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/198517/11665412"><img src="http://u1.ipernity.com/20/54/12/11665412.4d6c1a45.1024.jpg" width="1024" height="711" alt="12. SS-Panzer-Division &quot;Hitlerjugend&quot;" border="0"/></a>

[Woolgar]

Ilike that photo of them in their civilian suits! They look so different !

Nick