Gerhard Kreowski's Medal Bar

[RonR]

He had it custom made, but the maker could not properly spell his name....


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His Award Document for the 2nd Class Iron Cross....


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[Sevrin]

Unit

I was about to ask what unit he was in; but I guess that answers that!

That's a nice group!

[Tom Yanacek]

Very nice!

Hi Ron,

Very nice items. Thanks for posting. A superb medal bar from 1943 and still in excellent condition. I really like the customer receipt for the medal bar. Beautiful workmanship for the bargain price of 1,60 RM.

The document is really nice too. The printed script on that document is quite unusual for an EK2 and therefore I believe it is a very scarce variation. The document is in excellent condition and, just in case you didn't know, it is signed by Martin Dehmel.

Best regards,
Tom

[RonR]

Tom,

How nice to know...


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<big>Generalleutnant Martin Dehmel
</big> Born: 06 Feb 1886 in Waldau, District Bunzlau
Died: 26 Aug 1964 in Minden, Westphalia (Wesfalen)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 May 1908); Leutnant (27 Jan 1909); Oberleutnant (24 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1916); Major (01 Oct 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1933); Oberst (01 Oct 1935); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (09 Sep 1907)
Fahnenjunker in the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (09 Sep 1907-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the War-School in Metz (01 Apr 1908-12 Dec 1908)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1911-15 Jul 1913)
Detached to Searchlight-Courses at the Military Technical Academy (16 Jul 1913-05 Aug 1913)
Court-Officer of the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1913-20 Dec 1913)
Adjutant of the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (20 Dec 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Adjutant with the Commander of Pioneers of the VI. Army-Corps (02 Aug 1914-26 Oct 1914)
Company-Leader in the 216th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (26 Oct 1914-10 Nov 1914)
Severely Wounded – In Reserve-Hospital Stettin II (10 Nov 1914-08 May 1915)
Adjutant with the Commander of Pioneers of the VI. Army-Corps (08 Mar 1915-15 Nov 1915)
Detached to Mortar-Course in Markendorf (10 Nov 1915-23 Nov 1915)
Leader of the 11th Mortar-Company with the 11th Infantry-Division (15 Nov 1915-29 Apr 1916)
Company-Leader in the 17th Pioneer-Battalion (29 Apr 1916-14 Sep 1917)
Staff-Officer of Pioneers with General-Command of the V. Army-Corps (14 Sep 1917-09 Nov 1918)
Commandant of the Staff-Quarters of the V. Army-Corps (09 Nov 1918-01 May 1919)
Transferred to the Cavalry-Rifle-Command 11 (01 May 1919-25 Jul 1919)
Leader of the Processing-Office of the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (25 Jul 1919-09 Aug 1919)
Company-Leader in the 11th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (09 Aug 1919-07 May 1920)
Detached to Mortar-Training-Course in Königsbrück (14 Jan 1920-03 Feb 1920)
Leader of the Mortar-Company of the 8th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (07 May 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Chief of the Mortar-Company of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-15 Sep 1922)
Detached to Mortar-Courses in Königsbrück (16 Feb 1921-14 Apr 1921)
Instructor at the Infantry-School (15 Sep 1922-25 Jan 1924)
Assigned to the 2nd Division (25 Jan 1924-01 Apr 1924)
Transferred into the 14th Infantry-Regiment and Detached as Staff-Officer of Mortars with the Infantry-Leader V (01 Apr 1924-01 Jul 1924)
Detached to Mortar-Training-Course in Königsbrück (08 May 1924-24 May 1924)
Transferred into the 13th Infantry-Regiment while retaining previous position with the Infantry-Leader V (01 Jul 1924-04 Sep 1924)
Transferred to the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (04 Sep 1924-15 Apr 1926)
Detached to Mortar-Training-Course in Jüterbog (30 Apr 1926-04 May 1926)
Transferred into the 13th (Mortar) Company of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (15 Apr 1926-01 Apr 1928)
Detached to Combat-School in Döberitz (11 Oct 1926-16 Nov 1926)
Detached for Special-Training with the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment (10 Jan 1927-15 Jan 1927)
Detached for Special-Training with the Army Weapons Office, Weapons Testing (09 Jan 1928-14 Jan 1928)
Transferred into the Staff of Infantry-Leader V (01 Apr 1928-01 Feb 1929)
Detached to Battle-School-Course in Döberitz (03 Oct 1928-01 Nov 1928)
Transferred to the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1929-01 Mar 1929)
Welfare-Officer of the III. Battalion of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1929-01 Apr 1931)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1931-01 Aug 1933)
Commander of the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Aug 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the Pioneer-Battalion Minden (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of Pioneers in VI. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1936)
Higher Pioneer Officer 1, Berlin (01 Apr 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Higher Pioneer Officer 5, Vienna (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Pioneer-Leader of the 14th Army (26 Aug 1939-13 Oct 1939)
Pioneer-Leader of the 12th Army (13 Oct 1939-26 Oct 1939)
General Of Pioneers of Army-Group A (26 Oct 1939-06 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 292nd Infantry-Division (06 Feb 1940-17 Sep 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (17 Sep 1941-16 Dec 1941)
Detached to the General Of Pioneers and Fortresses with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, OKH (16 Dec 1941-05 Jan 1942)
Commandant of the Fortifications on the Upper Rhine (05 Jan 1942-15 Oct 1942)
Inspector Of Pioneers, Bridge-Construction-Pioneers and Railway-Pioneers with the Commander of the Replacement Army (15 Oct 1942-01 Aug 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Aug 1944-11 Sep 1944)
Special Purpose General Of Pioneers with the High Command of Fortification-Area West (11 Sep 1944-14 Oct 1944)
General Of Pioneers with Operations-Staff North Coast (14 Oct 1944-21 Apr 1945)
Führer-Reserve with the Commander-in-Chief North-West – in Hospital (21 Apr 1945-03 Jan 1946)
In Captivity (03 Jan 1946-04 Apr 1947)
Released (04 Apr 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 03.02.1945 als Generalleutnant und General der Pioniere beim Führungsstab Nordküste
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Herzogl. Sachsen-Meiningisches Ehrenkreuz für Verdienst im Kriege
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden II. Stufe
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern

[Brian S]

Nice grouping.

[Antonio Scapini]

Kovalsky - Kreowski

Indeed a very very beautiful group Ron, thanks for showing us!
Medal bar is in mint condition, but IMO the real gem of the group is the maker packet!

[luftkrieg]

Fantastic grouping Ron!

Kind regards
Pierce

[Michael Kuligowski]

Kovalski and Kreowski are so different that misspelling is rather impossible. It was switched at some point or someone picked up wrong envelope at the time or simply got in his possession by accident

[bytown]

An Awesome Medal Bar!

Very nice indeed.

Wayne

[Brian R]

Tom is right - that is a very unusual award document. 292. Infanterie-Division saw little action during the first phase of the war in the West. However, it was deployed opposite the Aisne Canal during Fall Rot, the second phase of the invasion of France. It crossed on June 6th and it is highly likely that his award is related to this fighting - the total defeat of the French.

[RonR]

Thanks guys!

Here are some more of Kovalsky's Award documents.

(He was awarded the German Cross in gold on February 15, 1945 for fighting at the Fortress Posen but never received the award as he was captured and spent a number of years in a Russian Prison camp.)

Also some of the hundreds of photos from his estate.


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