Joachim Peiper's awards and mappe?

[Volksgrenadier 44]

Who knows if any of peipers wartime awards survived long after the war let alone the burning down of his house in france at the the time of his murder in 1976 .

Yes indeed,His house in France was totally destroyed,his wife was in Germany at the time,he had an apartment there and its rumoured his awards resided there so they could still be around!
Some of those repros above are awful
Ross

[tony james]

Thanks Ross
i didn't know he had a apartment in germany so it is very possible that his awards are out there somewhere .only his wife could answer that or maybe other relatives might have information. .

[Ian Hulley]

The insignia are poor fakes even from that photo.

Ian

[Ludwig]

I can´t say, that I see anything at all, that can be considered original...

[frankandfrank]

Yes are real fake faktory !

[Sepp45]

Thanks for the comments guys

It felt like a Panzer attack here... and me alone with just a K98 rifle

[markus]

Naturally the Peiper estate does not include any formal award documents.

[Volksgrenadier 44]

Thanks Ross
i didn't know he had a apartment in germany so it is very possible that his awards are out there somewhere .only his wife could answer that or maybe other relatives might have information. .

Yes Tony his surviving relatives could hold the key

Its a tricky one,On the one hand you feel for him a little as he had in all fairness served his time given to him by a court of law for the war crimes he commited,however there is of course the stigma attached for life of the Waffen SS title he held (Standartenfuhrer i believe) although i could be proved wrong.He was sentenced to the 12 years for the crimes in Belgium (again i could be wrong) but there were people who came foward and said he was also involved in crimes in Italy but there was not enough evidence to support it!

Ross