Here is a neat group that recently came out of the woodwork from the fellow's daughter who Immigrated to the US in the early 90s and brought it with her.
The group is from pioneer LT Kurt Schnerrer (1916-1989) There is a lot of stuff in the group but these are the highlights.
DRL badge with award booklet
SA sport badge and award booklet
1.October medal with document
EK2 with document
EK 1 with document
Black wound badge with document
Silver wound badge with document
General assault badge and single-handed tank destruction badge with document
Letters from Soviet imprisonment 1945-49
Lt Schnerrer saw action beginning in Poland 1939
1940 France
1941 Russia
1943 Anti-partisan duty in Hungary and Poland
1944 Southern France and then the Caen front after D-Day.
1945 Returned to the eastern front and entered Soviet imprisonment on May 8 in Czechoslovakia
1945-1949 Interred in 4 different soviet camps
1951-1956 Served with the Kriminal Polizei in Berlin; Western sector
1956-1970 Returned to service as a pioneer officer with the Bundeswehr
There is so much material that I loaded it onto it's own page:
http://nomanslandmilitaria.com/scherrnergrp.htm
The group is from pioneer LT Kurt Schnerrer (1916-1989) There is a lot of stuff in the group but these are the highlights.
DRL badge with award booklet
SA sport badge and award booklet
1.October medal with document
EK2 with document
EK 1 with document
Black wound badge with document
Silver wound badge with document
General assault badge and single-handed tank destruction badge with document
Letters from Soviet imprisonment 1945-49
Lt Schnerrer saw action beginning in Poland 1939
1940 France
1941 Russia
1943 Anti-partisan duty in Hungary and Poland
1944 Southern France and then the Caen front after D-Day.
1945 Returned to the eastern front and entered Soviet imprisonment on May 8 in Czechoslovakia
1945-1949 Interred in 4 different soviet camps
1951-1956 Served with the Kriminal Polizei in Berlin; Western sector
1956-1970 Returned to service as a pioneer officer with the Bundeswehr
There is so much material that I loaded it onto it's own page:
http://nomanslandmilitaria.com/scherrnergrp.htm
, that's an awesome find
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