A super nice grouping to:  Oberwachtmeister Horst Becker, who was a winner of the Panzer Badge 50.  Seven Photos of Becker, often in Panzer Wrap, includes a Soldbuch Style Photo. One Photo he can be seen sitting on his Tank.  Beckers Shoulder Board – Panzer Regiment 24  Beckers Dog Tag  – First issue, MG Company Reiter Regiment 2.  Panzer Skull belonging to Becker 24th Panzer Division Traditions Badge for headdress – Super Rare A copy of Beckers allowance to wear the traditional badge of the 24th Panzer Division, the Leaping Horseman.  Unit History: The 1st Cavalry Division was formed shortly after the outbreak of World War II, in November 1939, when the 1st Cavalry Brigade was expanded to division-size. The division was part of the German invasion of the northern Netherlands where it encountered only weak defences as it was not a strategically important area. After the Dutch surrender, the division took part in the final actions of the battle of France before serving as an occupation force there and, from September 1940, in Poland. It participated in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, where it was part of the Army Group Center before being sent back to East Prussia for conversion to a tank division. After initially being stationed in northern France the division served under the Fourth Panzer Army in Army Group South of the Eastern Front from June 1942. The division participated in the capture of Voronezh and, in late December 1942, was encircled in the Battle of Stalingrad and destroyed. The 24th Panzer Division was reformed in March 1943 and served in Normandy, Italy,[2] and then went back to the Eastern Front where it suffered heavy casualties in around Kiev and the Dniepr Bend. During spring-1944 it took part in the battle of Târgu Frumos, part of the First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive. Near the end of the war, it saw action in Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. Parts of the division were evacuated to Schleswig-Holstein and surrendered there to British forces at the end of the war while the remainder surrendered to Soviet forces in East Prussia in May 1945. In keeping with the Division’s mounted origins, the 24th Panzer’s tank crewmen wore the golden-yellow Waffenfarbe of the cavalry rather than Panzer pink.   Comments: Sadly at some point Beckers Items were split after his death. His Soldbuch must be out there somewhere, and his medals were sold because of their appeal. Very sad, but still a nice little grouping to a real Panzer man. 

Nice set for the 24th Panzer Division,  Both belong to Obergefreiter Hackenberg who was serving with: Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 283 and Panzer Artillerie Regiment 89 (Both under the 24th Panzer Division).  he 24. Panzer-Division was formed in November 1941 from 1. Kavallerie-Division in East Prussia. It was transferred to France in April 1942 and to the southern sector of the Eastern front in June 1942 where it remained until most of it was destroyed in Stalingrad. The remaining elements was sent to France and it was reformed there in March 1943. It was transferred to Italy in August following the Italian surrender. It was sent to the Eastern front in October and withdrew through the Ukraine suffering heavy losses. It fought in Hungary and Slovakia before being transferred to East Prussia and it surrendered to the Soviet Red Army at the end of the war. Iron Cross Second Class – signed by Generalmajor Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (Knights Cross Winner) see below for the information surrounding his death.   25.03.1945; severely WIA by shrapnel in the abdomen during the fightings in Belga peninsula in the Heiligenbeil pocket and transported to Eckenförde hospital 27.03.1945: DOW – died of his wounds and buried with full military honours by a British general His youngest son, born in January 1945 was christened on the lid of the coffin.   Wounds Badge in Black – This is signed by a Hauptmann von Ausburg.  Comments:  24 PD items are very sought after and have became very hard to find.