On its way to me at the moment is the very scarce award doc for servcie\care of dogs, but there's a few twists to this. To my surprise it turns out i have this soldier's Kreta cufftitle doc, bought a few years ago elsewhere and i know another dealer has his Lapplandschild doc for sale, though grossly overpriced. Surely a unique combination of awards.
What makes this more interesting is what kind of dogs he was invovled with. The XIX Gebirgskorps up on the Murmansk front in the frozen arctic had to contend with 6 months of winter and virtually no infrastructure other than what they themselves built. So, in the winter months, they took a leaf out of the locals book and employed reindeer and dog sleds for carrying supplies, ammunition and in the case of dog sleds, the wounded.
The dog doc is signed by Max Pemsel, later RK and brand new commander of the 6 GD, just arrived from Normandy where he was chief of staff of the 7 Armee
What makes this more interesting is what kind of dogs he was invovled with. The XIX Gebirgskorps up on the Murmansk front in the frozen arctic had to contend with 6 months of winter and virtually no infrastructure other than what they themselves built. So, in the winter months, they took a leaf out of the locals book and employed reindeer and dog sleds for carrying supplies, ammunition and in the case of dog sleds, the wounded.
The dog doc is signed by Max Pemsel, later RK and brand new commander of the 6 GD, just arrived from Normandy where he was chief of staff of the 7 Armee
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