Close Combat in Silver group

[PzV]

this I got a few years ago at the Heidelberg flea market together with a photo album

[PzV]

CC bronze signed by Oberst Dr. Walter Aßmann, Knights Cross 10 Feb., 1945 and DKig on 25 April, 1942 (both bronze and silver)

[PzV]

Infantry Assault signed by Oberst Karl Püchler, Knights Cross 20 Dec., 1941

[PzV]

Iron Cross 2nd class doc

[PzV]

wound badge doc

[PzV]

a couple of loose pictures which were in the album. An interesting series of pictures is in the album with a meeting of CCC winners with a Gauleiter or very high party official

[Nordmark]

Very nice! I always wonder why so many of the high decorated guys never got the EKI.




Daniel

[PzV]

Nordmark, you have a point there.

[Panzer Rob]

Wonderful CCC doc grouping, Jim.

Love the photos, too!


Rob

[PzV]

Thanks Rob!

[Walter Sp]

Hi PzV

absolutly great grouping ! I've nearly the grouping from a soldier of 100. Jägerdivision incl. Kubanschild. Interesting point about the IC 1st. Imo the reason could be that every soldier from the unit which took part in a close combat day got one day as credit - no need for personally bravery. Not so whith the IC - here you have to do something special and you need the luck that somebody of the higer ranking officers noticed it. Think about the story happened at the first handout of the golden ccc from AH. One of the recipents had no IC 1st. class !

Walle

[Simon O.]

At some point there was a rule laid down that the CCC in bronze earned you the EKII if you didn't already have it, silver the EKI and gold the DKiG.

[Walter Sp]

Hi Simon,

yes there was rule, but this was only a possibility and not a must. It said that you could name the holder of the different clases of the ccc without any further explanation for the IC st (silver) and even for the DKiG (gold). Some divison-commanders did so and some not. There are examples from holders of the ccc in gold without a DkiG because the CO has the opinion that ccc and DkiG are different things and the soldier have to own every award itself.

greetings

Walle

[Philipson]

"Very nice! I always wonder why so many of the high decorated guys never got the EKI."


Its the same at work isn't it?
Some guys get the bonus they do not deserve, and some guys deserve a bonus but dont even get noticed.

No doubt; asskissing did not get you an EK, but i'd wager it sure would help a little if your CO liked you.

[JUNGCO]

Actually, because when Hitler was awarding the first Gold Nakampfspange, he noticed one NCO did not even have a EKI, he awarded the man the EKI on the spot. After that according to Heeresmitteilung 1944,#511, the EKI was to be awarded to all by the silver Nakampfspange and the Deutsches Kreuzes in Gold by the Gold Nakampfspange.
That meant, no officer could decide!
Jeff