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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch Grouping Uffz Hamm – Kampfgruppe von Luck – Iron Cross – Normandy 1944 – Mentioned in Saving Private Ryan!!! (Reserved)
Soldbuch Grouping to Robert Hamm ( Born in Schellweiler 1919) issued in October 1940 with Grenz Infanterie Panzerjäger Ersatz Kompanie 125. https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/InfErsBat/InfErsBat125-R.htm Frontline Units Grenz Infanterie Panzerjäger Ersatz Kompanie 125. In the Field: April 1941. Stab / Panzer Abteilung 223 Promotion: December 1942 Set up on July 15, 1942 in Versailles. The unit was set up from captured tanks with 2 companies, first the 1st Company was created from the captured tanks. After the formation, it was placed under the command of the 22nd Infantry Division as a divisional force. Deployed in the Crimea, Ukraine. On January 10, 1943 they were incorporated into the 100th Panzer Regiment as the 1st Abteilung. Panzer Regiment 100 – 21st Panzer Division Equipment Issued: April 1944 Re-established on December 8, 1942 as regimental staff Panzer Brigade 100. The II. Abteilung was established on January 8, 1943. The I. Abteilung was established on January 10, 1943, mainly from Panzer Division 223. The II. Abteilung was formed from Panzer Replacement Division 100, the Panzer Company of the LXXXI Army Corps, the Panzer Company of the LXXXII Army Corps and the Panzer Company Paris. In July 1943, the regiment replaced Panzer Regiment 5, which had been destroyed in Tunis, and joined the newly formed 21st Panzer Division. At the beginning of June 1944, the regimental command post was in Aubigny. The divisional command post of the I. Abteilung , under Major Wilhelm von Gottberg, was in Jort. The divisional command post of the II Abteilung, under Major Martin Vierzig, was in Fresné-la-Mère. The regiment was badly damaged in Normandy in the summer of 1944 and was subsequently destroyed at Falaise and Caen and was never re-established. Sonderstab F – 21st Panzer Division Stab / Panzer Artillerie Regiment 155 “Kampfruppe von Luck” Promotion: 10.1944 – Sonderstab F – Hauptmann Füssel (1) Shortly before D-Day, Panzer Regiment 100 broke into different Battle Groups. They were stationed in the area around Caen and Falaise. Battle Groups were formed to counter attack the landings north of Caen on the Juno and Sword beachheads. Three regimental battle groups had very distinct flavours and roles – Oppeln retained the bulk of his Panzer Regiment and was thus the main armoured fist of the division. However, he had gained some armoured and motorised infantry from Luck. Rauch meanwhile, remained an entirely infantry formation (albeit with some armoured support elements and personnel carriers), and was thus intended to operate in close support of Oppeln. Luck on the other hand, had a well-balanced force of infantry, panzers and assault guns and was therefore quite capable of reasonably independent action. Whether by accident or design, their dispositions on 6th June reflected these divisions in role – Rauch performed a classic infantry/antitank holding action north of Caen while Oppeln prepared to support him and launch his own armoured counter-attack against the bridgehead. Luck meanwhile, operated east of the Orne against British and Canadian paratroopers, divorced from the rest of the division by the nature of the terrain. 21. Panzer-Division adopted combined-arms battlegroups immediately following the Allied invasion of 6th June. The three battle groups were formed using the Panzer and Panzer-Grenadier regiments as the nuclei. Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155 was split equally, with a battalion of artillery being attached to each group. The Soldbuch owner was sent to the Stabskompanie of Panzer Artillerie Regiment 155, attached to Kampfgruppe von Luck. The counter attack – According to the book by Hubert Meyer – The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division – Page 84, “Kampfgruppe von Luck consisted … I and II Abteilung of Art Reg 155 – Orders were to move to the area of Vaudeloges (five kilometers from Morteaux-Couliboeuf). During the move, it encountered Poles advancing toward Trun. They had already reached Norrey-en-Auge the previous evening. The Cromwell tanks of the 10th Polish Rifle Regiment (Reconnaissance) attacked from le Moutiers in the direction of Trun. They came under effective fire from Kampfgruppe von Luck.” According to the book: Pegasus-Brücke und Batterie Merville – Zwei britische Kommandounternehmen – D-Day: Die ganze Wahrheit über den britischen Angriff auf die Hebebrücke über den Caen-Kanal By Helmut Konrad von Keusgen · 2024 During the movement to Ranville, Kampfgruppe von Luck came under heavy fire from the sea, von Luck stated, “ Then an inferno broke out. We were shot at with the heaviest cannons from ships artillery, calibers till 36cm. Everything hammered down on us, also the fighters. I was there myself, and I seen the chaos. Our troops broke apart, even the radio communications. Everywhere lay wounded … “ Mentioned by Tom Hanks in the Movie, “ Saving Private Ryan” 1998 – after they secure the beachhead Hanks playing Captain Miller tells his superior Officer he met , “ von Luck Kampfgruppe, we took 23 Prisoners, and turned them over to MPs of the 29th.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6P9OKrpNxo – Marder 1 Footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGoD-g8m76E – D-Day – The German Counterattack 1944 Armeegruppe Blumentritt – 1945 The Armeegruppe Blumentritt was formed on 10 April 1945 from Armeegruppe Student. Established to control troops on the Weser River from Hameln to the Baltic Sea coast, Armeegruppe Blumentritt tried to delay the Anglo-Canadian advance to keep the Baltic Sea ports open as long as possible so German refugees could continue fleeing the Soviet advance in the east. Commanders General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt (10 Apr 1945 – 8 May 1945) It seems that Hamm survived the war. —————————————– Awards 1940 – West Wall Medal 28.10.1944 – Iron Cross Second Class 2nd – Signed by Generallt – Feuchtinger (2) Tank Licence Class 2 – Full Tank Licence – June 1942 Hospital Stays 4.1941 – 8.1941 – Pneumonia 24.7.1943 – November 1943 – Code 26 : Nerve damage (Reserve Hospital Paderborn) Payments Front Payments: June – July 1943 – FpnNr: 04723 & 03069 FI Front Payment: July – August 1944 – 21st Panzer Div Security Stamps Feb 1943 – Pz Abt 223 Dec 1943 – Pz Reg 100 Sept 1944 – Sonderstab F – Signed Hauptmann Füssel…
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WWII German Soldbuch – Gefreiter Müller – Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 146 – 25 Panzer Division – 1945 Kampfgruppe Michalke
Josef Müller was enlisted in 1944 into the German Army. Frontline Units Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 146 The division was reorganized here. Parts of the division were to be reorganized in Grafenwöhr, but then had to be handed over to the 103rd Panzer Brigade. Although the formation was not yet complete, the 25th Panzer Division, still only in combat group strength, had to be relocated to the Eastern Front again at the end of August 1944. This was relocated to the Warsaw combat area as an OKH reserve to continue its reorganization there. At the beginning of October 1944, the 25th Panzer Division combat group was deployed in association with the 3rd Panzer Division, the 252nd Infantry Division and the 104th Army Panzer Brigade in the HKL around the Russian “Narew bridgehead around Serok”. However, it was not possible to eliminate the bridgehead here. The 25th Panzer Division combat group was then deployed to fend off the major Russian offensive on the Narew. After completing this mission, the 104th Panzer Brigade was integrated into the 25th Panzer Division’s combat group at the end of October 1944. In November 1944, the 25th Panzer Division and its combat groups fought in the Warsaw area to iron out dangerous incursions by the infantry divisions deployed there. At the end of November 1944, the division was withdrawn from the 9th Army, then assembled in the area southwest of Warsaw and then moved to the Radom-Bialobrzegi area, where it was briefly refreshed near the front. After the start of the Russian winter offensive in January 1945, the division was deployed in the Warka bridgehead north of Radom. After three days of major fighting, the division had to withdraw to the west, found loose contact with the “Nehring Pocket” and crossed the Oder north of Glogau at the end of January 1945. It seems Müller was wounded in December of 1944… Kampfgruppe Michalke Panzergrenadier-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Bataillon 115 Marsch Kompanie 115 It seems that in February of 1945, Müller was mobilised once again. Issued combat equipment and a weapon (P38 Pistol in April 1945) . What seems to be clear is that the unit was put into action in April 1945 under the Panzer Ausbildungs Verband Franken. They were later encircled near Stuttgart a few weeks later. Missing Pages – 9/10/11/12, Photo is loose but original to the Soldbuch. Priced accordingly
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WWII German Red Cross DRK Nurse – Helferin Brigitte Reichstein – Battle of Berlin 1945 – Division Ulrich von Hutten
Original price was: £483.00.£286.00Current price is: £286.00.ID Issued to German Red Cross DRK Sister Brigitte Reichstein born 18.9.1923 in Potsdam Germany. Her DRK ID was issued on the 19th of August 1943 in Potsdam. The ID has two validation stamps, one April 1943 till March 1944 and another for April 1944 till March 1945. The most interesting item in the group is a letter dated 1945, Kropstadt 10.4.1945 from the Artillery Regiment of the Division Ulrich von Hutten. The letter state thats she is now embedded in the troop, with the III Artl Abt UvH. She is to wear a Red Cross Armband and will be assigned to the 7th Battery. The divisional history for 1945. The Infantry Division Ulrich von Hutten was an infantry division of the German Wehrmacht during World War II, comprising the Army (Heer), Navy (Kriegsmarine), and Air Force (Luftwaffe). The Wehrmacht had numerous divisions, including infantry, armored, and other specialized units, which were involved in various military campaigns throughout the war. It was formed at the end of March 1945, just over a month before the end of the war. The division was named after German Protestant reformer Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523). The Infantry Division Ulrich von Hutten was formed on 30 March 1945 in Wittenberg in Wehrkreis IV. The Ulrich von Hutten Division was part of the 35th and final Aufstellungswelle of the German Wehrmacht. It was formed from students of various schools from all over Wehrkreis IV, as well as military replacement personnel.Many soldiers of the 190th Infantry Division were used to staff the Ulrich von Hutten Division. After 13 April 1945, Gerhard Engel became divisional commander, and remained in this post until war’s end. The division saw its first combat near Bitterfeld as part of the 11th Army. It was then moved to the 12th Army in preparation of the planned liberation of the encircled German capital, Berlin. The 12th Army reached Potsdam, but was then rerouted by its commander Walther Wenck to assist the 9th Army, commanded by Theodor Busse, which had sustained heavy damage in combat against the Red Army at the Battle of Halbe. The 9th and 12th Armies then turned west towards the Elbe river with the intention to surrender to the United States Army rather than the Soviet forces. The German formations as well as the civilians they escorted sustained heavy casualties, but ultimately fulfilled that goal. As part of the 12th Army’s surrender to the American forces, the Infantry Division Ulrich von Hutten was taken prisoner at Tangermünde in May 1945. Conclusion It would seem that the division seen combat right at the final days of the war. It seems she has survived although no further research helped find out what may have happened to her. This was one of the final stories in the upcoming Berlin Book mentioned often on this website.
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WWI US Army M1917 Battery & Store Wagon – Made by American Car & Foundry Company 1918 – For US M1902 3 Inch Field Gun & French 75mm mle/97 Cannon – Last 1 Known – Price on Request
We are delighted to be able to offer this original WWI US Army M1917 Battery & Store Wagon Built in 1918 by AM Car & FDY CO, this has likely sat in storage since. The Original Brass plate still is perfectly readable No 1378 The American Car and Foundry Company During World War I, the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) produced a variety of equipment to support the Allies, including: Freight cars ACF was the largest builder of freight cars for the USRA during the war. ACF also leased freight cars to railroads and private car companies through a subsidiary called the Shippers Car Line. Artillery ACF produced artillery gun mounts, three-inch shells, and artillery shells. Boats ACF produced submarine chasers and other boats. Railway cars ACF continued to produce railroad equipment while also filling military contracts. According to a snapshot from their website in 2003, ACF commented on their long History including their WWI production capabilities. ACF Industries traces its history to 1873, the year the St. Charles Car Manufacturing Company was founded. This was one of the thirteen railroad carbuilding companies that merged in 1899 to form the American Car and Foundry Company. The country’s first railroad tank car, a “tub car” was built by one of these companies in 1889. Five years after the 1899 merger, the first all-steel passenger car ever ordered from a car builder left our former Berwick, PA shop. It was the first of a shipment of 300 similar cars built for New York City’s pioneer subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. By 1906, AC&F had steel shops at St. Louis, Detroit, Berwick, Huntington, and Madison, IL. American Car and Foundry Company’s reputation rapidly spread abroad and in 1905 more than 100 motor and trailer subway cars were shipped to England for use in London’s underground system. In 1917, a tank car leasing operation began which, in 1923, became Shippers Car Line, and later was acquired by AC&F in 1927. During World War I, AC&F produced artillery gun mounts and ammunition, field kitchens, pack saddles, submarine chasers, cloth shrinking machines and rollers, and even wooden tent pegs, as well as railway cars, for the Allies. AC&F’s Wilmington plant also produced boats for the navy, and after the war switched production to yachts. In 1922, AC&F expanded into the automotive field by acquiring Carter Carburetor Corporation of St. Louis. This was our first step in product diversification – planned and executed long before the diversification concept became the by-word of American industry. In 1925, AC&F acquired Fageol Motors Co, a bus builder, and the Hall-Scott Motor Car Company, which produced bus engines. In 1926, AC&F acquired the J. G. Brill Co, a streetcar builder. During World War II, several AC&F plants produced army tanks, aircraft subassemblies, artillery shells, armor plate, and hospital cars, as well as ordinary railroad cars. By 1954, the corporation’s interests had become so diversified that the name was changed from American Car and Foundry to ACF Industries Inc. ACF produced its last passenger car in 1959. It displays all its original paint and is in overall good condition given the age, and stands a near 87 Inches High by 77 Inches Wide with a length of 10 Feet. The purpose of this Wagon was to service the Gun and Crew of either or both pictured below 75mm Cannons. US M1902 3 Inch Field Gun French 75mm mle/97 Cannon This is currently in our hanger in the USA, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us directly. This appears to be the last original known, there are currently none on display in any museum next two either of the Artillery above.
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WWII Waffen-SS Grouping – SS-Obersturmfuhrer Georg Kinzler (DKiG) – Totenkopf Division 1942 SS Pocket Diary – One of Kind – Very Rare (Offer / Reserved)
SS Obersturmfuhrer Georg Kinzler (DKiG) This incredible SS Diary details the Demyansk Pocket 1942, transcribed into 53 Pages into English with Annotations. It is completed with a USB Drive with the 53 Pages. All Inside a Ring Binder. Extra Research Demyansk Pocket The Demyansk Pocket was the name given to the pocket of German troops encircled by the Red Army around Demyansk, south of Leningrad, during World War II’s Eastern Front. The pocket existed mainly from 8 February to 21 April 1942. A much smaller force was surrounded in the Kholm Pocket at the town of Kholm, about 100 km (62 mi) to the southwest. Both resulted from the German retreat after its defeat during the Battle of Moscow. The successful defence of Demyansk was achieved by using an airbridge and was a significant development in modern warfare. Its success was a major contributor to the decision by the Army High Command to try the same tactic during the Battle of Stalingrad, but it then failed to save the Sixth Army, commanded by Friedrich Paulus. In April 1941, the Totenkopf Division was ordered East to join Field Marshal Wilhelm von Leeb’s Army Group North. Leeb’s force was tasked with advancing on Leningrad and formed the northern wing of Operation Barbarossa. Totenkopf took part in the advance through Lithuania and Latvia, and by July had breached the Stalin Line. The division then advanced past Demyansk to Leningrad where it was involved in heavy fighting in August. During Soviet winter counter-offensive, the division was encircled for several months near Demyansk in what became known as the Demyansk Pocket. During the fighting in the pocket, it was re-designated “Kampfgruppe Eicke” due to its reduced size. In April 1942, the division broke out of the pocket. At Demyansk, about 80% of its men were killed, wounded or missing in action. The division was sent to France to be refitted in late October 1942. Comments This diary is a historical insight into the war year of 1942 with the Totenkopf Division, including in the Demjansk Pocket in 1942. Kinzler seemed to be very calculated, many original notes of orders numbers etc Battle of Kursk Kinzler is mentioned in the Battle of Kursk literature, LAST VICTORY IN RUSSIA , The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein’s Kharkov Counteroffensive February-March 1943, George M. Nipe, Jr, Schiffer Military History Atglen, PA, Page 172 There were a number of forward defensive positions controlling the approaches to the village from the west and they held up the battalion until nightfall. After eliminating these defenders and driving the main body of Russians out of the town, Schubach rested and reorganized his battalion, planning to resume his attack at 0100 hours. 26 Meanwhile, SS-Hauptsturmführer Wilhelm Schulze’s II./Regiment “Totenkopf’ had begun its advance toward Pavlograd after the departure of Schubach’s battalion from Pereshschepino, taking a different road out of the town. Schulze’s objective was to assemble in the area to the north of Pavlograd, in preparation for attacking the town from the northwest. The battalion was reinforced by motorcycle troops, an artillery battery and the division’s Panzer-Pioniere Kompanie, led by SS-Obersturmführer Georg Kinzler. The long column, moving over narrow, icy roads, advanced slowly to the southeast of Pereshschepino, although its passage through the darkness was unimpeded, until just after midnight. At that point it ran into a detachment of Soviet cavalry troops, at the village of Popassnoje, fifteen km northwest of Pavlograd. The column deployed for battle and assaulted the village, supported by fire from a battery of 10cm howitzers. By daylight Popassnoje was in German hands and the Soviet cavalrymen had been put to flight, but the battalion was delayed and could not support “Das Reich’s” attack on Pavlograd. When the advance resumed Russian cavalry, numbering about 150-200 men, appeared on the flank of the march route, forcing Schulze to deal with them. A Kampfgruppe of the SS Panzer Pioniere-Kompanie, two assault guns, an SPW and the howitzer battery, set off in pursuit. The commander of the battery, SS Hauptsturmführer Friedrich Messerle, remembered the chase as a ‘crazy hunt out of the wild west.” Following the tracks of the Russian horses, the Germans made their way to a Soviet town, which was typically spread out along the road which ran through its center. By this time, nightfall was approaching and the Germans did not want to risk entering the village and stumbling into an ambush in the dark. The small Kampfgruppe circled its vehicles like wagon train threatened by Indians and positioned its howitzers along the perimeter, ready to go into action at a seconds notice. Just before the dawn, the SS Pioniere cautiously entered the village, feeling their way down both sides of the main street. This flushed out the Soviet cavalry, which suddenly took off across the snow, galloping hard for a hill behind the village. Messerle’s howitzers fired into their midst, but within seconds the Russians reached the edge of the hill, after suffering only a few casualties. By 1945, Kinzler was on the staff of the SS Pioneer School. SS-Pionierschule command structure was the following one. March 1945, the school staff was formed with the following officers : Kdr. : SS-Obf. Klein Adjutant : SS-Ostuf. Nägele Ia : SS-Ostubaf. Deschner (then SS-Hstuf. Kinzler in April) Ib : SS-Staf. Hermann IVa : SS-Hstuf. Förster IVd : SS-Ostuf. Hohl V Pi. : SS-Hstuf. Otto-Karl Witt TFK : SS-Hstuf. Paduch 01 : SS-Ostuf. Stelzenmüller Stamm-Kp. : SS-Hstuf. Schwarz SS-Pionier-Sperr-Bataillon “Brosow” April 1945 – defended bridges while the school was being evacuated and its remaining personnel withdrawn. Kinzler was awarded the German Cross in Gold as per, Mark C Yergers book in 1945. We have chosen not to share the complete content of Georg Kinzler. Due to the fact that many details of the battle have not yet been published. This is a prime, first hand item for any serious Military Archive or Museum or an advanced Private Archive.
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WWII German Waffen SS-Soldbuch – Cossack Waffen-Unterführer Waldimar Makarow – XIV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps – Russian Born Volunteer – SS Hauptamt Berlin 1944 – Ultra Rare
£1,968.00Waffen SS Soldbuch issued to Russian born (11.1918 – Orthodox Religon) Waldimar Makarow. The Soldbuch was issued with the SS Hauptamt (SS Main Office) in Berlin Germany, the specific department corresponding with the stamps: A I 2 – Personnel Department. Issued in Berlin on the 1st of September 1944. Makarow was assigned to the XIV SS Kossak Kavallerie Korps Unit History The XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps (German: XV. SS-Kosaken-Kavallerie-Korps) was a World War II cavalry corps of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party, primarily recruited from Cossacks. It was originally known as the XIV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps from September 1944 to February 1945. During the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), Cossack leaders and their governments generally sided with the White movement. After the Soviets emerged victorious in the civil war, a policy of decossackization was instituted between 1919 and 1933, aimed at the elimination of the Cossacks as a separate cultural and political group. Cossacks in exile joined other Russian émigré groups in Central and Western Europe, while those in Russia endured continual repression. In October 1942, the Germans established a semi-autonomous Cossack District in the Kuban. This put them in a position to recruit Cossacks from these areas and mobilize them against the Red Army. This was in contrast to soldiers of the ROA, who had been recruited from POW camps and Red Army defections, most soldiers of the German Cossack units had never been citizens of the Soviet Union.[ In the summer of 1944 Heinrich Himmler and the SS became interested in gaining control of the 1st Cossack Division under Helmuth von Pannwitz. In July 1944 Himmler discussed the organization of a Cossack fighting unit in the Bialystok region and requested from Hitler, that the Cossack Division would be placed in the organizational structure of the SS. On 26 August 1944 he met with Pannwitz and his Chief of Staff. Himmler planned to gather all Cossack units to form a second Cossack division and proposed the transfer of the 1st Cossack division to the SS. All units were to be placed under von Pannwitz’s command. Though initially reluctant, Pannwitz eventually agreed to place his division under SS administration. Both German cadre and Cossack troops would retain their traditional uniforms and their Wehrmacht or Cossack rank. Pannwitz hoped to raise his unit’s low morale and to receive more supplies and better equipment. The Cossacks did not wear the SS runes or receive any ideological indoctrination. In September 1944, the XIV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps was established on the basis of the 1st Cossack Division. The Cossacks fought an engagement against the Red Army on 25 December 1944 near Pitomača to prevent them from crossing the Drava River. The commander of the 5th Don Cossack Cavalry Regiment was awarded the Iron Cross, 1st class after the battle. In November 1944 the 1st Cossack Division was taken over by the Waffen-SS. The SS Führungshauptamt reorganized the division and used further Cossack combat units from the army and the Ordnungspolizei to form a 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division. Both divisions were placed under the command of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps on 1 February 1945. With the transfer of the Volunteer Cossack-Stamm-Regiment 5 from the Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division on the same day the takeover of the Cossack units by the Waffen-SS was complete. According to Samuel J. Newland, the Corps, composed of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Brigades and the 1st and 2nd Division, was actually formed on 25 February 1945, when it was officially created by the High Command. The Corps was initially subordinated to the Army Group F in Croatia, and since March 1945 to the Army Group E in Croatia. During their time there, they were known by the locals as “Čerkezi” (“Circassians”), despite the Corps’ Cossack ethnic makeup. The Corps supported the German offensive Operation Spring Awakening in Hungary by launching an offensive against a Soviet bridgehead at Valpovo on the Drava. During April the Corps was engaged in minor actions and then began to withdraw from Yugoslavia on 3 May 1945. The superior officers had concluded that the Corps should fight their way back to Austria in order to be captured by the British. According to one source Pannwitz felt that the West would have great use for the Corps as a military anti-Bolshevik eastern formation. The 2nd Division covered the withdrawal of the 1st Division against partisan forces. Unaffected by the German surrender on 8 May and partisan demands to surrender, the Cossack units continued fighting on their way to the British zone. On 10 May Pannwitz surrendered to the British, while the last Division elements reached the British zone on 13 May 1945. Interesting entries in the Soldbuch: Walther PP Pistol Interesting entry, from SS Hauptamt that the owner of the Soldbuch is allowed to wear a Uniform of the Wehrmacht with the rank Oberfeldwebel. Comes with a photo of Marakow wearing Cossack insignia. Very rare photograph. Final Comments Incredibly rare document, this is one of small minority of IDs issued to members of the Cossack Volunteers. The Units page – under the paper it seems the same thing is written underneath. I do not think we will ever have another one of these in stock. If you are anyway a serious Cossack / Volunteer Collector/researcher then this is likely one of your only chances to get anything like this, many patches and insignia were produced, but hardly any of these IDs have surfaced or survived.
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WWII US Air Force B-29 & B-17 Grouping – Gunner and Radar Operator Ray N Jury Jr Purple Heart Sterling Wings Air Medal
£1,374.00Ray N. “Buddy” Jury, Jr According to his Obituary, Born October 9, 1922 in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Ray N. and Molly (Eager) Jury. He was the husband of Arlene J. (Frank) Jury to whom he was married to for 61 years. Mr. Jury was a Veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during World War II on a B29 Bomber as a radar operator in the South Pacific. He worked for 37 years as a machinist model dye maker for the Department of Defense. He enjoyed his hobby of model railroading. The grouping has all his combat flight logs and his blind flying instrument. As well as his Purple Heart and his Air Medal boxed. He fought in the Pacific and would bomb Japan taking unique photos from the Radar when explosions took place, I was unable to find anything quite like this anywhere else on the market. Jury was not only a Radar Operator but would man the 50cal as an air dunner also. His Wings are Sterling Silver, his Purple Heart is not named but it has his period print out with him listed. It seems he was awarded it for a crash on take off on a combat mission.
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WWII Original Pilots Trench Art US Army Air Corps 8th Air Force 55th GP – Lockheed P-38 Lightning – Made from 50cal Ammo by Sgt Royal McShea Jr – Normandy & Ardennes 1944/1945 – Rare
£1,003.00An incredible piece of Trench Art, this was made by the Royal McShea Jr who served with the 55th Fighter Group US AAF. Constituted as 55th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Trained with P-43’s. Redesignated 55th Fighter Group in May 1942. Converted to P-38’s and prepared for combat. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1943. Assigned to Eighth AF. Began operations with P-38’s on 15 Oct 1943; converted to P-51’s in Jul 1944. Engaged primarily in escorting bombers that attacked such targets as industries and marshalling yards in Germany, and airfields and V-weapon sites in France. Provided cover for B-17’s and B-24’s that bombed aircraft plants during Big Week in Feb 1944, gun emplacements during the St Lo breakthrough in Jul 1944, and transportation facilities during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Jan 1945. Also patrolled the air over the Channel and bombed bridges in the Tours area during the invasion of the Continent in Jun 1944; patrolled the Arnhem sector to support the airborne invasion of Holland in Sep 1944; strafed trucks, locomotives, and oil depots near Wesel when the Allies crossed the Rhine in Mar 1945. Received a DUC for eight missions to Germany between 3 and 13 Sep 1944 when the group not only destroyed enemy fighters in the air to protect the bombers it was escorting, but also descended to low levels, in spite of intense antiaircraft fire, to strafe airdromes and to destroy enemy aircraft on the ground. Received second DUC for operations on 19 Feb 1945 when the organization flew a sweep over Germany to hit railway tracks, locomotives, oil cars, goods wagons, troop cars, buildings, and military vehicles. Flew last combat mission on 21 Apr 1945. Moved to Germany in Jul 1945 as part of the occupation forces. Assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe. Trained with P-51 and P-80 aircraft. Inactivated in Germany on 20 Aug 1946. Sgt Royal McShea made this amazing statue with original decommissioned 50 Cal Ammo. He was part of the ground crew of the 343rd for 2nd Lt. James C. McVey US SALES ONLY – Or contact us with regards to postage.
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WWI & WWII US Army Generals Mess Dress – Lt General William Morris – Distinguished Service Cross & Purple Heart – Battle of Saint-Mihiel France 1918 – Rare
£2,933.00Here we have a wonderful original and in fine condition for its age. (Over 100 Years Old) Mess Dress and trousers bought in West Point Military Academy in 1912 – named to W Morris. His Min Bar has never been removed and is from the Interwar Period. Showing his awards at that time. History William Morris was born in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune Township, New Jersey, on March 22, 1890. After graduating from grammar school and high school he was appointed by Congressman Benjamin Franklin Howell to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, in 1907. He graduated from there in June 1911. After graduation he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Infantry Branch of the United States Army and was assigned to the 19th Infantry Regiment at Camp Jossman, Philippine Islands. He then served at Fort McKinley, afterwards transferring to the 15th Infantry Regiment with duty in Tientsin, China, where he served from 1912 to 1914. In 1914, Morris was assigned to the 9th Infantry Regiment in Laredo, Texas, where he served until 1916. While there he married Ida Marguerite Downing, who he met soon after being commissioned in 1911. Morris was then appointed as a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) instructor and basketball coach at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Texas A&M University), where he served until 1917, when he returned to the 9th Infantry Regiment as its S-2 intelligence officer. WWI Morris was promoted to captain on May 15, 1917, over a month after the American entry into World War I. Thirteen months later he was a major. In July 1918 he was sent to the Western Front and was appointed commanding officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, 360th Infantry Regiment, part of the 90th Division of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). He led his battalion in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and in the Meuse–Argonne offensive. He was wounded on November 1, just ten days before the end of hostilities on November 11, 1918, an action for which he received the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest award for valor in the face of the enemy, and the Purple Heart. He remained in Europe with the Army of occupation, commanding his battalion in Germany, and then serving on the staffs of the (AEF) General Headquarters (GHQ) and the IX Corps. Citation for Distinguished Service Cross For extraordinary heroism in action near Villers-devant-Dun, France, November 1, 1918. During darkness he led his battalion in an attack under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. Upon reaching a hill he exposed himself to heavy fire to reconnoiter personally the enemy position, and then, although wounded by a machine-gun bullet, heroically led his battalion in their advance, refusing to be evacuated, inspiring his men by his personal courage. WW2 In February 1942, two months after the United States entered World War II, Morris, by now promoted to the one-star general officer rank of brigadier general, raised the 6th Armored Division as its first Commanding General (CG). He was promoted to the two-star rank of major general fifteen months later, in May 1943. In 1943 he was CG of the II Armored Corps. He was sent to Italy as a Ground Force Observer for the Salerno landings in September 1943. He returned to the United States and became CG of the XVIII Corps. Upon hearing of the death of Major General Paul Newgarden, CG of the 10th Armored Division, who died in a plane accident, in July 1944, he contacted General George C. Marshall, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, and requested demotion to command of the 10th Armored Division, then preparing for transfer to the European Theater of Operations (ETO). His request was granted and he led the division overseas on the Western Front, where it played a played a vital role in the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, the largest battle fought by the American Army during World War II. Following this he was assigned to command VI Corps in Lieutenant General Alexander Patch’s U.S. Seventh Army in the U.S. Sixth Army Group, under Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, which drove from the Rhine to Italy in the spring of 1945. He would earn the Silver and Bronze Star in WW2.
