Silver Wb Document, Is It Authentic?

[Van]

Hello, I would appreciate any input on this document as to wether it is authentic or not. Thanks.
Van

[Van]

oops, here are the photo's

[Van]

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[Eric JB]

I can not see a document here !

yours

Eric-Jan

[Van]

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[Van]

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[Eric JB]

See them now, can you show a scan of the stamp.

yours

Eric-Jan

[Van]

Ok, here is a scan, hope it helps.

[Hank C.]

No immediate red flags...

hank

[Van]

Soooo far Sooooo good then, thankyou.....
Also, if it would not be a problem,,, could anyone translate how the award reads please, if it gives name, rank and unit information at all, thanks
Van

[Hank C.]

The guy's name is Koeppel (I don't have an umlaut key for the "o")
Rank is Grenadier
Unit is Eingreif Kompanie Schildt - if we could read the stamp, it might give a better idea of what larger organization it belongs to. Somebody here will probably recognize it.
The 3 dates in the middle are when he was wounded.
It was awarded at the Battalion Fighting position.

Hope that helps
Hank

[Simon O.]

That stamp may be the key to finding out more about where this unit was operating, i can't make it out from the posted scans. It seems like one of those temporary units put together as needed. Schildt i guess is the name of it's commander, Eingreif kompanie i translate as what we in today's army call a QRF (Quick Reaction Force). A unit held on standby to be used as and where the brown smelly stuff hits the fan somewhere at the front...if you know what i mean.

[Van]

Very much so Mr. Hankmeister, Thank you!!! That shows how much I know,
I thought Grenadier would have been like a unit\company deal, such as "Panzer Grenadier"
I had no idea it was related to rank. I really enjoy learning things like this, like name and company and so forth, it really does give collecting a more "personal" link to history.. Eric JB asked to the better picture of the stamp, so when he logs back on maybe he will be able to tell a little bit more about it... Thanks again.
Van

[Eric JB]

Van,

Simon is right with his answer.

I still can not read the complete unit stamp, all I can read is 1.Bataillon, but from what unit ?
Van are you able to read a little bit more from the document itself.

As Simon says the stamp is the key to the unit itself, as the typed unit is only a temporary one.

From the scans you document looks to be original.

yours

Eric-Jan

[Van]

Hello Eric, thanks for the reply, I will get a magnifieng glass and look at it in the sunlight tomorrow and see if I can make out any more from the stamp. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
Van