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WWII German Reichsarbeitsdienst ID – RAD Arbeitsmaid Alice Bittermann – 1941 Magdeburg
Original price was: $95.00.$75.00Current price is: $75.00.The RAD was divided into two major sections, one for men (Reichsarbeitsdienst Männer – RAD/M) and the voluntary, from 1939 compulsory, section for young women (Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend – RAD/wJ). The RAD was composed of 33 districts each called an Arbeitsgau (lit. Work District) similar to the Gaue subdivisions of the Nazi Party. Each of these districts was headed by an Arbeitsgauführer officer with headquarters staff and a Wachkompanie (Guard Company). Under each district were between six and eight Arbeitsgruppen (Work Groups), battalion-sized formations of 1200–1800 men. These groups were divided into six company-sized RAD-Abteilung units. Conscripted personnel had to move into labour barracks. Each rank and file RAD man was supplied with a spade and a bicycle. A paramilitary uniform was implemented in 1934; beside the swastika brassard, the RAD symbol, an arm badge in the shape of an upward pointing shovel blade, was displayed on the upper left shoulder of all uniforms and great-coats worn by all personnel. Men and women had to work up to 76 hours a week.
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WWII German Wehrpass – Gefr Franz Dohnal – Wounded in Combat in Cholm – Infanterie Regiment 430 ( 129. Infanterie-Division) x 4 Medals
Original price was: $165.00.$145.00Current price is: $145.00.Gefreiter Franz Dohnal, Awards: Wounds Badge in Black – 12.1941 (Cholm) Grenade Splinters in left shoulder and back – interestingly he was wounded again, Wounds Badge in Silver – July 1943 – Grenade Splinter left arm and was suffering from Diphtheria. Westwall Medal – For RAD Service Eastern Front Medal Infantry Assault Badge and Iron Cross Second Class – June 1942 Service: Dec 1940 till November 1941 – Infanterie Regiment 430 and 03.43 – 08.43 – Grenadier Regiment 430
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WWII American 82nd Airborne Division – Researched D-Day Normandy – Sgt. Joseph J. Siegel Light Mortar Crewman – Dog Tags – Medals – Awards – Patches
Original price was: $995.00.$855.00Current price is: $855.00.Wonderful Original WWII U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division D-Day Normandy Grouping of Sgt. Joseph J. Siegel Light Mortar Crewman. Sergeant Joseph Siegel (b. 15 Nov 1924 – d. 28 Dec 1984) of Buffalo, New York. This collection consists of Sergeant Siegel’s Personnel Identification Discs “Dog Tags” 1944-45 on the Chain – Medals, Awards, & Patches: Good Conduct Medal with Ribbon Bar and Enamel Lapel Bar Button American Campaign Medal with Ribbon Bar Europe Africa Middle East Campaign Medal with Ribbon Bar Showing Arrowhead and Four Campaign Stars (Ardennes, Central Europe, Normandy, & Rhineland) World War Two Victory with Ribbon Bar, Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification with Carbine Q Bar (both Pieces Hallmarked Sterling) Combat Infantryman Badge (Sterling), War-Time 82nd Airborne Division SSI Shoulder Patch with Tab Airborne Paratrooper Glider Infantry Overseas Garrison Cap Patch (Post-War Production) – Sgt. Siegel’s Original 1946 Discharge Certificate and ‘Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge’ of the Same Period Chronicling His Service During World War Two Complete with Government Embossed Seal.
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WWII Original Photo – Kurland 1944 – Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner – Sigulda Castle – Segewold – Riga 1944
Original price was: $345.00.$245.00Current price is: $245.00.Ferdinand Schörner (12 June 1892 – 2 July 1973) was a German military commander who held the rank of Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded several army groups and was the last Commander-in-chief of the German Army. Schörner is commonly represented in historical literature as a simple disciplinarian and a slavish devotee of Adolf Hitler’s defensive orders, after Germany lost the initiative in the second half of World War II in 1942/43.[3] More recent research by American historian Howard Davis Grier and German historian Karl-Heinz Frieser depicts Schörner as a talented commander with “astonishing” organizational ability in managing an army group of 500,000 men during the fighting in late 1944 on the Eastern Front.[3] He was harsh against superiors as well as subordinates and carried out operations on his own authority against Hitler’s orders when he considered it necessary, such as the evacuation of the Sõrve Peninsula.[3] Schörner was a dedicated Nazi and became well known for his ruthlessness. By the end of World War II, he was Hitler’s favourite commander. Following the war he was convicted of war crimes by courts in the Soviet Union, and West Germany, and was imprisoned in the Soviet Union, East Germany and West Germany. At his death in 1973 he was the last living German field marshal.
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WWII German Photo – Generalleutnant Henze – Dzukste -Kurland 1944 – 21. Feld-Division (L)
Original price was: $255.00.$155.00Current price is: $155.00.Henze, Albert (Generalleutnant) Date of birth: August 7th, 1894 (Kirchhain/Hesse, Germany) Date of death: March 31st, 1979 (Ingolstadt/Bavaria, Germany) Nationality: German (1933-1945, Third Reich) Biography Promotions: January 27th, 1915: Gefreiter; April 21st, 1915: Unteroffizier; August 2nd, 1915: Vizefeldwebel; March 20th, 1916: Leutnant der Reserve; May 20th, 1920: Leutnant (Polizei); October 21st, 1934: Hauptmann (Reichsheer); January 1st, 1939: Major; December 1st, 1941: Oberstleutnant; April 1st, 1942: Oberst; November 9th, 1944: Generalmajor; May 1st, 1945: Generalleutnant. Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub Period: Second World War (1939-1945) Rank: Generalmajor (Brigadier) Unit: Kommandeur, Gruppe Henze, 21. Feld-Division (L), Luftwaffe Awarded on: January 21st, 1945 At the beginning of the battle of Courland, on the 23.12.1944, the Soviets managed to penetrate deeply into the combat area of the 21. Feld-Division (L) south of Dzukste following heavy artillery preparation. On the next day the Soviets continued their attack against the centre of the Division’s front with 6 rifle divisions and the bulk of a tank corps. Recognizing the danger of a breakthrough, Generalmajor Henze ordered a counterattack into the flank of the Soviet assault formation. This counterthrust managed to succeed with the support of Sturmgeschütze, and a new defensive line was formed. Soviet losses amounted to 90 tanks, 3 assault guns and 5 artillery pieces. Henze would receive the Oakleaves for this action. 709th Award.
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WWII German Photograph – Hitler Youth Bahn 277 – 1945 Danzig – “larger ready for transport to the front” – Issued Rifles
Original price was: $165.00.$135.00Current price is: $135.00.An extremely rare annotated photograph, depicting Hitler Youth 277 Bahn Ost Ostland. On the rear of the photograph, “Larger fertig zur Abfahrt an der Front” Meaning they are ready for transport to the front. It is unknown what became of these HJ Boys, they were likely thrown in at the end of the war which was not uncommon. Note, they have been issued helmets and Rifles, to the far left a HJ Leader can be seen in Helmet and the far right a HJ wearing a Wehrmacht Visor.
