Kurland GAB25 grouping

[DKig]

so nice!!!
if the EKII document, and his SB or WP are not missing,
that would be perfect!

[DKig]

*Fall 1944..... Reorganized and redesignated Heeres-Sturmartillerie-Brigade (Feld) 600

Why it was still named "Sturmgeschutz" in 1945?

[Thomas Durante]

Great grouping Giel, looks like all your hard work has paid off. Lovely #GAB, clearly an award that he received very late in the war given its pristine condition.

Tom

[PAB_Collector]

................WOW!

[Simon O.]

*Fall 1944..... Reorganized and redesignated Heeres-Sturmartillerie-Brigade (Feld) 600

Why it was still named "Sturmgeschutz" in 1945?

A common thing to see units still being reffered to by older names.

[walter1010de]

What a great grouping!

Perfect!

[Eddie]

Hi Giel,

outstanding grouping,great catch

[RobertE]

The documents really make this group, and great job on researching the final months of this man's combat service. I think it is really nice that he kept the paperwork with the awards, albeit hidden (or at least not displayed).

The blackening of the names is a neat aspect of the whole Third Reich period. I've seen this many times, where family members attempted to obliterate the family name. The reasons were many-fold, and some of them would include:

- without knowing what type of witch-hunt the allies might undertake for former Wehrmacht soldiers and officers, reacting in panic with a pen

- immediate post-war shame and desire to dissassociate the family name from recent events

- hide Wehrmacht service from the East Germans / new communist bosses

- in the case of "criminal" organizations or conventional units associated with war crimes, hide their affiliation

I think most of these defacements happened in the first months or years of the post-war period. After all, these documents also proved service and wounds, which affected pensions for regular Wehrmacht outfits. These documents were needed to prove-up various entitlements, and the service member would want their name legible - they didn't know at the time what other back-up record the Bundarchive might have and needed to prove eligibility for state payments.

Just my thoughts - I think the blanked out names really add to the value, in a way. Magnificient group!

regards, Robert

[mdj]

How can I have missed that auction??

Very nice Giel. Congrats on this set.

martin

[Bruce Simcox]

Hi Giel.....

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[robinhood]

Super grouping

Rob

[Giel VW]

Thanks for the GREAT comments guys!

[Mike Davis]

Very nice

[ChrisH]

Giel, thanks for showing

[Panzer Rob]

Wonderful little grouping, Giel. It's a shame his Soldbuch did not survive - that would have brought a pretty penny

A big "Congrats" on scoring the group and putting forth the effort (and resources) to see that it be kept together Glad to see it has gone to a very good and deserving home!

Rob