Gebirgsjaeger Officer's Waffenrock

[Johnny R]

John,

Elsewhere in the file there are documents on two Italian awards he received. I cannot remember their names at the moment and my files are not here with me.

More later .....................

Mike

These are the ones I cannot make out 100%-He was in Spain very early 1937, he still smacks of Abwehr or some other intelligence agency. Military Advisor maybe.

[naxos]

Ritterkreuz des Militärordens von Savoyen (Italian award) - February 27, 1942

Deutsches Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern - May 6, 1939

Erinnerungsmedaille (Spanien) Spanish award – May 4, 1939

Kriegskreuz (Spanien ) Spanish award - May 4, 1939

Kolonialorden des Sterns von Italien (Italian award)– September 1940

Bronze Medaille der Tapferkeit (Italian award) July 18, 1941

Orden der Krone von Italien (Italian award) - 1941

[naxos]

Ritterkreuz des Militärordens von Savoyen

[Johnny R]

Ritterkreuz des Militärordens von Savoyen (Italian award) - February 27, 1942

Deutsches Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern - May 6, 1939

Erinnerungsmedaille (Spanien) Spanish award – May 4, 1939

Kriegskreuz (Spanien ) Spanish award - May 4, 1939

Kolonialorden der Sterne von Italien (Italian award)– September 1940

Bronze Medaille der Tapferkeit (Italian award) July 18, 1941

Orden der Krone von Italien (Italian award) - 1941

We sing your praises- My Mom could read this stuff like eating cake and I was too stupid to learn it as a teenager.

[Johnny R]

I suspect Army Intell/Abwehr involvement. He was all over the place with multiple units. The classified files would not be in the OKH papers. I have one file like this and he was sent on pre War KDF cruises all over Scandinavia and composed super detailed reports of Norwegian harbors and shipping.

[Mike H]

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Hardy and John,

I am speechless. Thanks so much for this.

Best regards,

Mike

[Johnny R]

Hardy and John,

I am speechless. Thanks so much for this.

Best regards,

Mike

Hardy is the man. I do not want to speak for that untalented short German Canadian monkey but if you send us hard copies of the whole file we will figure it out for you.

[naxos]

... untalented short German Canadian monkey ..

You got me pegged!

[Johnny R]

You win, Looks like some Sashimi for sale down by the Hilton but here is one of my Mom contemplating an Exit sign for the museum in Sutterlin-

[DonC]

Mike, I suspect one will be the Order of the Italian Crown - those were often given to Wehrmacht liaison officers.

Don

[pauke]

awards

His awards list: EK II, Bayr MVK III. Kl. mit Schwertern, Verwundetenabz. in schwarz, Ehrenkreu fuer Frontkaempfer, Dienstauszeichnung II.-IV. Kl., Olympia Ehrenzeichen II. Kl., Spange zum EK II, Ritterkreuz des Militaer- Ordens von Savoy, deutsches Span. Kreuz in Gold mit Schwertern, Erinnerungsmedaille (Span.), Kriegskreuz (Span.), Kolonialorden d. ? (too small to be easily read) von Italien, Bronze Medaille fuer Tapferkeit, Orden d. Krone v. Italien

[Mike H]

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Pauke and everyone,

Thanks for this. I really appreciate it -- there is no chance I could have ever made that out from the copy of the document.

I do have separate documents in the file regarding the Italian awards. I will scan and post those as well.

I will also scan the page regarding the "Kolonialorden" and perhaps you can make it out.

Regards,

Mike

[Johnny R]

Pauke and everyone,

Thanks for this. I really appreciate it -- there is no chance I could have ever made that out from the copy of the document.

I do have separate documents in the file regarding the Italian awards. I will scan and post those as well.

I will also scan the page regarding the "Kolonialorden" and perhaps you can make it out.

Regards,

Mike

It is this award-

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonia...rn_von_Italien

http://www.sammler-cabinett.de/shop/...lut-17083.html

[naxos]

It is this award-

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonia...rn_von_Italien

http://www.sammler-cabinett.de/shop/...lut-17083.html

Yes

[Mike H]

More ...

More excerpts from the file ...

The first is the document regarding the "Ritterkreuz des Ordens der Krone von Italien". Presented in 1938. Heggenreiner had served in Spain at the time.

Mike