"Teddy" Wisch - Commander LSSAH

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Great photos my friend and is always great to see you .....and so happy that we are not alone in this hobby and share time with the new Generations that will continue to preserve history and our collections......!!

[markus]

Arno Breker

Arno Breker's:

"Die Wehrmacht" und "Die Partei"

Both figures were presented to Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke, Knight's Cross holder, at the famous "50 Jahre Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" event in Bad Hersfeld in 1983.

Provenance: Mrs. Marion Mohnke

[markus]

Photo from the event with "original" 1933'er like Wisch, Mohnke, Sandig, Gilles, Stenwedel, Auer, Krüger, Rettlinger, etc.

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Nice addition...!

Its great to see those post war personal items

[markus]

Upon request, from left to right:

Wisch, Jöhnke (behind Wisch), Blöth (standing behind Mohnke), Mohnke, Sandig, Beermann, Bergmann, Wallershaus, Gilles, Stenwedel, Nebel, Auer, Krüger, Petersen, Rettlinger, Bünning, Grewe, Kreutz, Wagner, Meyer and Webers.

Markus

[markus]

Thought I'd share this one from the Sepp Dietrich estate.

Scenes from the LSSAH's advance during July/August 1941.

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Thought I'd share this one from the Sepp Dietrich estate.

Scenes from the LSSAH's advance during July/August 1941.

Great photo really captures the atmosphere of the Eastern Front...!

[markus]

Great photo really captures the atmosphere of the Eastern Front...!

I hope you and Richard can come by our house tomorrow night and see the whole photo lot. The majority for my new book on Sepp logically...all unpublished premier stuff of course directly from the family in Germany

[markus]

Can anyone help ID this Sturmbannführer? Must be an individual from Dietrich's staff, no doubt.

Timeframe of the photo: July/ August 1941 at Rollbahn Nord.

Thanks,
Markus

[markus]

Set up "Partei" and "Wehrmacht" like this temporarily until I have a better idea...

[ibrahim ahmad]

Well done Markus !!! The two statues make a fine addition to your collection . Thanks for sharing
Ibrahim

[Jelle M.]

Think i already browsed this topic 10 times.
Amazing collection and much dedication.
Keep up the good work

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Set up "Partei" and "Wehrmacht" like this temporarily until I have a better idea...

Definitely like it...!!! would like to come over to see them in person...

[markus]

Thank you for your kind comments gentlemen.

Yes, I think "dedication" is the keyword, since with the exception of the "Wisch"-group (originally bought from the family by a dealer) 70% of my stuff comes from either the vets directly, or their families or very dedicated pickers. It's certainly no collection I could have gathered buying from dealers' websites.

Let's see what the future holds....

For the time being I'm trying to gather as much mtrl as possible for the new book on Sepp Dietrich which is coming along very nicely...

Cheers,
Markus

[markus]

Sonderbefehl !

Just stumbled over this one - A recent addition. Hectographic special order.

Quote

Generalkommando I. SS-Panzer-Korps
"Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"

K.H. Qu., July 4, 1943

"Sonderbefehl" - "Special Order"

The Reichsführer-SS has promoted as of July 1, 1943:

To the Rank of SS-Oberführer:

SS-Standartenführer Fritz Witt
SS-Standartenführer Theodor Wisch

SS-Obergruppenführer und
General der Waffen-SS

(signed Dietrich)

Unquote

I wish I would have had this one already at the time I did the book. It would have worked perfectly with the "Sonderbefehl" which is pictured on page 61, giving Wisch command of the LSSAH the same day.

This "Sonderbefehl" pictured here was the last formal step before making Theodor Wisch and Fritz Witt commanders of the "Leibstandarte" and "Hitlerjugend" divisions.

A rare document and a special catch. Special thanks to one forum member. Enjoy.

Markus