DK grouping in very nice condition

[Robert T.]

you are right! I just had a look it´s an oak leaves holder. mmhh, I don´t know if it is the right story or perhaps there is another Kurt Walter...? I don´t know if it´s true. I have got no documents. And if it is the DK of this oak leaves holder I´m wondering why the family had no KC and no oak leaves.... Walter was missing in action on 27.06.44. Perhaps that´s a reason that there was no KC and not oak leaves.However...no documents and so it´s just a normal dk grouping without provenance

And a sword .... with provenance..

http://www.johnsonreferencebooks.com...ment/24661.htm


Personalized Army Dove Head Sword Grouping Belonging to Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross Recipient Oberst Kurt Walter w/Documentation. Oberst Kurt Walter was born on 27 February 1908 in Leipzig, Germany and entered the Reichsheer on 14 November 1927 as a Private in Infantry Regiment 11. He was promoted through the ranks to Feldwebel, and was commissioned a Leutnant on 01 September 1934. In Das Deutsche Heer 1939 Herr Walter is listed as an Oberleutnant commanding 13th Company, Infantry Regiment 32 garrisoned at Teplitz-Schönau in Czechoslovakia located approximately 55km SE of Dresden, Germany. Herr Walter was awarded the Knight's Cross on 25 September 1942 as a Major commanding 2nd Battalion, Infantry Regiment 32, 24th Infantry Division on the Russian Front. On 15 December 1943 he became the 345th recipient of Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross as an Oberstleutnant commanding Infantry Regiment 11, 14th Infantry Division NW of Smolensk on the Russian Front. Herr Walter had previously received the German Cross in Gold on 17 August 1942 (official notation in personnel file as "9. 9. 1942") as a Hauptmann commanding 2nd Battalion, Infantry Regiment 32, 24th Infantry Division. A 77 page file of documentation on Oberst Walter, compiled by noted researcher, Robert McDivitt, as well as other documentation accompanies the sword. Although the sword is unmarked, an example of this pattern sword is pictured on page 108, upper, of Swords of Germany 1900 - 1945 by John R. Angolia as P. D. Luneschloss model (unattributed). A similar sword also appears in the Paul Seilheimer Sales Catalog as Handciselierter Offizier-Einheitssäbel Nr. 61. Gold washed, aluminum hilt fittings retain approximately 98% of the original gold was on the hand incised oak leaf motif on the pommel, backstrap, ferrule, knuckle-bow and langet with Wehrmacht pattern eagle and swastika. Black celluloid-over-wood grip shows virtually no wear with only one tiny crack on upper obverse adjacent to pommel. Plated, double-etched blade measuring 34" in length grades Exc++/Near MINT showing only minor surface wear with no lifting or pitting and no nicks to cutting edge. Blade is complete with original black leather blade buffer pad. Obverse blade features a 14" long frosted panel with a raised floral and vine motif flanking the central panel with the name, "Kurt Walter" in raised Gothic letters. The reverse blade features a 14" long frosted panel with a raised floral and vine motif. Spine of blade features a laurel leaf motif running the length of the etched panels. Etched panels retain 100% of background frosting. Dent-free, steel scabbard retains approximately 95% of original black enamel with minor surface wear, some crazing and a few spots of missing paint. Sword is complete with and Exc++ Officer pattern sword knot and Near MINT tan leather teardrop hanger. Superb combination with full documentation personalized to an Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross recipient.

[Robert T.]

Oberst Kurt Walter (photo)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bu...am_Telefon.jpg

[Johnny R]

The boards are Imperial German, they would not have been worn after the establishment of the formal Reichsheer in 1921. Someone may have given them to the man or ? Many times military items from several family members and time periods end up in the same place. RKT Walter would not have had a PAB, so that too may be from someone else it is indeed the same Kurt Walter.