certificate kvk2 Italian campaign?

[sicily1943]

hello guys.
I am looking for from a kvk this second-class certificate, is awarded in Italy .....
to you it is so?
thank you ...

[Hank C.]

Not sure what you mean as far as "Italian Campaign".

Here's the wiki info on the signer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Fretter-Pico

IF you read German, there's some info here on him and the unit this document references:

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...s/XXXKorps.htm

Near as I can tell, this doesn't have to do with Italy....but I could well be wrong. This is merely an attempt to shed some light on the signer of the document, and the portion of the war in which he was involved. I cannot intelligently discuss the recipient, the specific unit, nor the act/achievement for which it was awarded.

best
Hank

[Gerdan]

The unit of "Oberbeschlagmeister Alfred Penndorf " was the

D.V.K. 180 - Deutsches VerbindungKommando 180 I./Artillerie Regiment 1 and he served in Italy

because the D.V.K. 180 was a German liaison unit to Italien units.

The funktion of an "Oberbeschlagmeister" (Master Farrier) was to shoe horses in the rank of an

Oberfeldwebel.

Gerdan

[Hank C.]

Good info Gerdan! thanks for correcting me - I wasn't able to decipher what unit it was.

best,
Hank

[Hank C.]

I'm re-posting this doc, since the original photo of the document is off-site hosted. That way, if it gets deleted from imagepix, people in the future will still see what doc we're talking about.

hank

[mufasa]

great information Gerdan! without you I would never identified the unit od Alfred Pendorf !!

In Italy Fetter-Pico was the comamnder of the 148th Infanterie Division who surrendered to the Brazilian ... (in the photos : General Otto Fretter Pico surrenders to the brazilian General Falconiere)

[sicily1943]

just arrived
here are the pictures live .....