Narvikschild Urkunde - Aufklärungsgruppe 122

[Brian R]

It's been a while since I have posted anything on this forum from my collection and it's always nice to see great award citations. So, here is a nice Narvikschild award document to an Observer with 1.(F)/122.

[schoenwurf]

Nice Besitzzeugnis and quite rare

[KBR]

Very nice!
The Dietl signature too

[Gerdan]

I found this: could be the doctoral thesis of him:

Titel: Untersuchungen über Feindruckwellen
Autor/Person: Köhne, Kurt

Jahr: 1941
Impressum: Braunschweig ; Vieweg ; 1941 ; Ill.

Ausgabebezeichnung: Kurt Köhne

Zusatzinformationen: Aus: Zeitschrift für Geophysik, 16 (1941),7/8, S. 310 - 329 ; Zugl.:
Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 1940

Dokumenttyp: Monographie ; Hochschulschrift

Sprache: Deutsch

Gerdan

[Tom Yanacek]

Hi Brian,

Really nice Narvikschild document and a neat Luftwaffe Reconnaissance unit too. The 1st Staffel of (Fern) Aufklärungsgruppe 122 was based at Stavanger-Sola, in Norway, and was flying long-range reconnaissance missions during the Narvik Campaign.

Is this document part of a grouping you have? If so, I'd sure like to see more.

Best regards,
Tom

[Brian R]

Really nice Narvikschild document and a neat Luftwaffe Reconnaissance unit too. The 1st Staffel of (Fern) Aufklärungsgruppe 122 was based at Stavanger-Sola, in Norway, and was flying long-range reconnaissance missions during the Narvik Campaign.

Is this document part of a grouping you have? If so, I'd sure like to see more.

That's right, Tom.

Indeed, this citation is part of a group. Köhne qualified as an Observer in 1937. He went on to win both classes of the Iron Cross in November 1939 and September 1940, respectively. His EK2 was likely related to his unit's recon of the North Sea and/or the British Fleet while his EK1 was probably earned for support of the Luftwaffe's attack force during the Battle of Britain. Köhne went on to earn the Reconnaissance Flight Clasp in Bronze in April 1941. Both Iron Cross award documents are in my book but see the other citations below - his A4 sized document for Observers was signed by von Greim while his Spange doc is signed by Loerzer.

This group was offered piecemeal on M321 about 6 or 7 years ago. I got the seller to end the auctions and sell me everything together but paid a bit of a premium for him to do it. I'm glad they are still together though.

[Brian R]

I found this: could be the doctoral thesis of him:

Titel: Untersuchungen über Feindruckwellen
Autor/Person: Köhne, Kurt

Jahr: 1941
Impressum: Braunschweig ; Vieweg ; 1941 ; Ill.

Ausgabebezeichnung: Kurt Köhne

Zusatzinformationen: Aus: Zeitschrift für Geophysik, 16 (1941),7/8, S. 310 - 329 ; Zugl.:
Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 1940

Dokumenttyp: Monographie ; Hochschulschrift

Sprache: Deutsch

Gerdan

Thanks, Gerdan. I wonder if he left operations and became an instructor during the war. I have some other paperwork that points in that direction.

[Simon O.]

During the Norwegian campaign the unit was flying the He-111 and for those flying missions to Narvik, they flew from Trondheim, Værnes.

[Tom Yanacek]

Great!!!!

Hi Brian,

Thanks for posting pictures of the Observer Badge and Reconnaissance Clasp documents. Really great documents! I am so happy to hear that you were able to keep that grouping intact, even though you had to pay a premium to do so. A true collector you are! Congratulations.

Best regards,
Tom

[Brian R]

During the Norwegian campaign the unit was flying the He-111 and for those flying missions to Narvik, they flew from Trondheim, Værnes.