Gebirgsjaeger Officer's Waffenrock

[Mike H]

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Here is another letter that I believe is signed by General Hellmuth Volkmann, commander of the Legion Condor, on 30 October 1938. I would sure appreciate some translation help here but it appears to be some sort of a recommendation or commendation.

Mike

[Mike H]

Savoyen

And a document referring to the "Ritterkreuz des Militarordens von Savoyen" dated 1942.

Mike

[Johnny R]

So he appears to have acted at higher command levels as a liason and translation officer in Spain and then North Africa between Italian and German commands etc. The second document is his "report card" from his commanding officer General Lt. Volkmann indicating he has done an excellent job as liaison and it recommends that he remain assigned to his duties etc.

[MLH13]

Very cool stuff guys!

[Johnny R]

This to me is what it is all about, putting these things back into their historical contexts through archival research and reconstructing past events in the the lives of the people that used these things for posterity and future generations - and I really like the pretty colors.

[Arnim]

Duties

Hi Mike,

Your Oberst appears to have been assigned to various liaison positions during the Spanish Civil war and later he was an assistant to the German military attache in Rome. He cleaned up on "placekeeper" Spanish and Italian medals.

Arnim

[Johnny R]

Hi Mike,

Your Oberst appears to have been assigned to various liaison positions during the Spanish Civil war and later he was an assistant to the German military attache in Rome. He cleaned up on "placekeeper" Spanish and Italian medals.

Arnim

How did you figure all of that out? Wow.

[Gary B]

Hi,

Mike is holding back......this Oberst also wrote the US Army manaul on Foreign Military relationships after WWII.

Gary B

[Johnny R]

Hi,

Mike is holding back......this Oberst also wrote the US Army manaul on Foreign Military relationships after WWII.

Gary B

Do you mean the interview series from the Army History Center or is it an actual manual?

[Mike H]

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John,

This is the only thing I can find that Heggenreiner was involved in post-war, in the US Army Guide to Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954.

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The first studies in this series, MSS #D-001 through D-317, were written at Garmisch between December 1946 and July 1947. Later studies were answers to specific questionnaires submitted by OCMH. The last manuscript number was assigned early in 1951. Most studies in this series concern German operations in the Mediterranean theater and Russia, but there are also reports and theoretical treatises on naval and air warfare, strategy, tactics, organization, and operational problems of higher headquarters.


D-216:

The Operations under the Command of Marshal Graziani Prior to the Arrival of the German Troops (Aug-Sep 1940). By Oberst Heinz Heggenreiner; 22 pp; 1947. Personal observations of the German liaison officer in North Africa. Incomplete.


D-217:

Italo-German Cooperation in Italian North Africa. By Oberst Heinz Heggenreiner; 15 pp; 1947. Visit with Marshal Balbo in May 1940; describes general conditions in Italian North Africa before the outbreak of war.


Mike

[Johnny R]

John,

This is the only thing I can find that Heggenreiner was involved in post-war, in the US Army Guide to Foreign Military Studies, 1945-1954.

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D-216:

The Operations under the Command of Marshal Graziani Prior to the Arrival of the German Troops (Aug-Sep 1940). By Oberst Heinz Heggenreiner; 22 pp; 1947. Personal observations of the German liaison officer in North Africa. Incomplete.


D-217:

Italo-German Cooperation in Italian North Africa. By Oberst Heinz Heggenreiner; 15 pp; 1947. Visit with Marshal Balbo in May 1940; describes general conditions in Italian North Africa before the outbreak of war.


Mike

Hi, that is what I thought they were, these are part of a huge unpublished series of interviews and debriefings for specific topics etc. Have you gotten copies of these yet? I know people at the Marshall Center and the US Army History Center. I need to request a couple copies to for Nebel guys.

[Mike H]

.......

No, I don't have them and would love to get them.

I will contact you off line.

Mike

[Mike H]

An update ...

Just an update on the display of this Waffenrock ...

Knowing that I could probably never find a ribbon bar that matched this Officer's awards and deciding it should be as of just before the war in 1939, I contacted Mike Holverson ("The Marshals Baton") who had been recommended to me and who could produce reproduction ribbon bars. They are made in Germany. Mike immediately had the one made that would be appropriate and his partner also recommended the "south German style fold" and what you see below is what was produced -- and in very short time.

I never thought I would display reproduction awards with my period uniforms but in this case, I made an exception and am very pleased with the quality. The devices are a bit bright -- so you would not mistake it for original -- but very nice in appearance. I would recommend Mike's service.

On the ribbon bar are the awards that Hauptmann Heggenreiner would have worn -- before his promotion to Major in 1939:

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Bavaria MVK 3rd Class with bronze swords
Honor Cross (1934)
Long Service - 2nd Class
Long Service - 4th Class
Olympia Medal w/ eagle
Spain - Mil. Service Order for Bravery
Spain - Spanish Campaign Medal

Enjoy the photos ...

Incidentally, I added the WWI Black Wound badge as he is recorded having been awarded this and is seen wearing in photos. I took a guess on the sports and rider's badges -- based on the size of the loops. In his efficiency reports, it is recorded he was a good rider.

Mike

[Mike H]

The Ribbon Bar ...

A close-up of the ribbon bar ...

Mike

[stonemint]

Mike, you are killing me with these pics--I am thisclose to going back to WH!

Seriously, fantastic as usual....