Flakregiment 10 Document Grouping

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello to all,

Here is a five document grouping that I just won on auction. The document for the Flak Badge is signed by Generalmajor Prinz Heinrich XXXVII von Reuß zu Köstritz (Jüngerer Linie) as Commander of the 18. Flakdivision. (What a mouthful!)

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

1939 EK2 document, signed by Generalmajor Gotthard Frantz, as Deputy Commander of the 12. Flakdivision:

Feldpostnummer is L30431

[Tom Yanacek]

1939 KVK2X document is signed by Generalmajor Job Wilhelm Odebrecht, as the Commander of Air Defense Command 6:

[Tom Yanacek]

East Medal document, signed by Oberst Dr. Hermann Stolte, as the Regimental Commander of Flakregiment 10 (mot):

[Tom Yanacek]

Black Wound Badge document, signed by the Major in command of Flakabteilung 643:

[hucks216]

Very nice group with an early Wound Badge citation and a nice set of signatures.

[Hank C.]

Concur, good grouping in pretty decent shape, by all appearances. He's also not listed on the Kriegsgraeber site, so fair chance he survived the war.

Hank

[Tom Yanacek]

Thanks, guys!

These documents are in really nice condition. All of them have punched binder holes but only the Wound Badge document has been folded in half.

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

Hi guys,

I just found out that my new document grouping was the subject of a bit of historical vandalism. While researching the recipient's name, I discovered that my document grouping was sold in a auction out of Connecticut in July of 2011. At that time, there was also a 1939 KVK1X document, signed by Generaloberst von Greim, plus a few other miscellaneous papers to Paul Fierenkothen. Apparently, the new owner decided to remove the KVK1X document and the miscellaneous papers from the grouping. I bought the five remaining documents just this month out of a Florida auction. Too bad that groupings like this get parted out.

It appears that Fierenkothen did survive the war as one of the miscellaneous papers shows that he was a POW. Here is some of the additional information that was given in the July 2011 auction listing:

"Luftflotte 6, Nov. 23, 1944, an award of the War Service Cross 1st Class with Swords to Oberwachmeister Paul Fierenkothen, a flak gunner. Also present concerning the same soldier: a similar award document signed by the Commander of "Air Defense 6", four other award documents, including an Iron Cross, 2nd Class, a furlough issued to him in Smolensk, a transfer, and a postwar synopsis of his training and service submitted while held as a POW showing that he had participated in the destruction of 24 airplanes and 36 tanks, and was wounded four times."

Here is the grouping before it was vandalized:

[WEISNER]

Interesting group, perhaps the other documents were misplaced by the owner or seperated in his collection? May be a good idea (a long shot I know) to contact the 2011 auction house to see if they can contact the person and ask if any other doc's have turned up?
Great set and I hope one day the balance of it turns up!

Kevin