Hi Pin Mountings Gold cross

[davidSW]

Hi i would like some clarification on this i have have been studying this piece which i had for a while and i have now made my self uncertain on the mounting of the pins.

[davidSW]

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[Cook]

Very nice and original Godet

[davidSW]

Thanks

Thanks for that . I also have over 100 pages of research on the medals owner who went through the whole war and ran out of petrol in 1945 fighting around the Dresden to Berlin Railway line in what was left of the 2nd Panzer Regiment. Allthough he got this Gold cross for fighting on the russian front , he also survived the falaise Pocked , then onto operation Nortwind and the last major offensive of WW11 when the germans recaptured Lauban.

They ran out ammunition and the remaining fuel was given out where Major Wilhelm Gottberg drove to the american area and was captured by them

He died in 1976 .

I had it for ages and i just wanted to make sure i haven't got all this documentation to the wrong medal (ie a fake)as i see this all the time.

The box is not original to it as i found this later as i wanted to complete it. However i do have the original box that his wife kept the gold cross in.

[nomad]

HATS OFF, VERY NICE THANKS FOR THE PICS.

[all1knew]

Hello,

A most impressive cross; too bad about the enamel damage. Did you get this item directly from him, perhaps you asked him when the engraving was done and for what reasons?

William Kramer

[davidSW]

Hi

No unfortutely i didnt get this from him and i didt to all of the research as it it extensive. I have Maps coments from books he has been mentioned in and dispateches also. Here are some quck pics of the file i have on him

[davidSW]

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[andrewb]

Hi David.
Very nice I must say. They are just that little bit more special when they are atributable. I also have one. It was posted on the forum just yeaterday. Here is the link.
Cheers.
AB.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=196852&page=2

[davidSW]

Hi

Thats also an interesting thread be nice if other people could put there atributed medals on as well to this thread as i find linking a person and actual history to a medal the nicest reward.