Iron Cross 2nd class and wound badge silver in Poland - Schützenregiment 33

[Wittmann2012]

Hello everybody,

my name is Albrecht and I'm from Germany. Maybe some of you know me from the Militaria Fundforum. My focus are groupings of the German cross in Gold, but I also collect other interesting groups and personalized uniforms and headgear.

My start in WAF is showing you this small group.

Early iron cross 2nd class certificate, issued in the small village Serokomla in early October 1939. At that time there was a fight between Polish partisans and the German Wehrmacht. In retaliation, 32 Polish soldiers and partisan-suspects were shot by the Wehrmacht authorities. Signed by Generalleutnant Paul Otto, recipient of the German Cross in silver.

On September 12, Krause was seriously wounded in the Radom area. For this first wound, he was immediately given the wound badge in silver. Losing an extremity is very presumably. A wound badge in silver is extremely rare in the Polish campaign. With signature of knights cross holder Major Dr. Martin Prüschel.

I hope you like it.

Best wishes
Albrecht

[Hofstetter]

Very nice

[Simon O.]

Welcome to the forum Albrecht.

You're right, a VWA in silver from the Polish campaign is very rare indeed. Thank you for showing.

[Wittmann2012]

Thank you for your opinion. Does somebody know how much VWA silver were issued during the Polish Campaign?

Kind regards from Germany
Albrecht

[Hank C.]

Nice group! Based on the date of the silver wound badge being awarded, it seems possible that it was "upgraded". Probably originally black, but never healed properly and worsened.

I actually have a similar document, a silver wound award in '41 or '42 for a wound in September '39. Unfortunately I don't have any other docs for the person.

All the best
H

[Wittmann2012]

Hello Hank,

thanks for your opinion. I think this scenario is rather unlikely because the wounded badge was awarded by the field troops and not by the hospital.
It would of course be theoretically possible. But it is also possible that it was for bureaucratic reasons.

Kind regards
Albrecht

[Hank C.]

Hello Hank,

thanks for your opinion. I think this scenario is rather unlikely because the wounded badge was awarded by the field troops and not by the hospital.
It would of course be theoretically possible. But it is also possible that it was for bureaucratic reasons.

Kind regards
Albrecht

Sadly, we'll never know...

All the best!
H

[Hofstetter]

Maybe Ernst and the guy who wore this helmet new each other

[Wittmann2012]

Wow thats stunning. Thanks for showing,

Kind regards

[Gorg]

Very nice early group!!

Greg.