Miscellaneous 582 A German Second War Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Pilot’s Grouping.
A very nice small grouping of paperwork and award to Feldwebel Karl Heinz Wilhelm, who served with Jagdgeschwader 77 (Ace of Hearts Fighter Wing) during the Battle of Britain, and was shot down and captured at Waldron, Sussex, on 20 October 1940. The documents comprise his A4 size once folded award certificate for his Pilots Badge dated 1 April 1940, A4 size once folded promotion document from Feldwebel to Unteroffizier whilst a member of JG77 dated 31 May 1940 just prior to the Battle of Britain, a letter dated 15 November 1940 from a Luftwaffe officer to his family presumably confirming capture and perhaps more information on the action. A very interesting postcard size photograph of a group of German Kriegsmarine, Army and Luftwaffe prisoners of war, Wilhelm at the extreme right of the photograph still wearing his flight blouse with full insignia and still wearing the Luftwaffe Pilots Badge, which is offered here. The postcard is stamped Examined by Censor Prisoner of War Mail sent to his parents in Oldenburg, Germany, unfortunately at one stage of its life this card has been adhered to a collectors display and traces of gummed paper are on the back of the card. A small quantity of six photographs being of Luftwaffe interest showing a high ranking Luftwaffe officer exiting a JU52 and shaking hands with Luftwaffe personel, plus three pre war photographs, which we believe are images of the unit within the Condor Legion in Spain. Standard enlisted ranks breast eagle still sewn to a section of uniform cloth. The very fine condition C.E.Juncker produced Pilots Badge seen being worn in the photograph, excellent detail to the oak and laurel leaf wreath, all of the patinated finish remaining to the eagle, complete with its original hook, hinge and thick needle pin, which is at present located in a post war Pilot Observers Badge box. A pair of Luftwaffe Unteroffiziers shoulder boards, which again we presume are the ones being worn in the photograph. On close inspection of the prisoner of war photograph it can clearly be seen that his shoulder boards are of the stitch-in variety, which these are with their correct matching rank configuration of lace and pip. A post war plaque for the Association of Fighter Pilots from Jagerkreis Nord with his named label to the reverse side dated 1990. Three photographs of the crash site of his BF109 in Sussex, plus extra research material. Lastly a 175 page book plotting the history from WWII to date of the fighter group in North Germany at Flying Station Oldenburg, good condition (lot)
£800-£1,200 583 A German Second War Infantry Assault Badge Document Grouping.
A nice grouping to a wounded German soldier Obergefreiter Zentes, a member of the 8th Company Grenadier Regiment 436. A5 size citation for the Wound Badge in black dated 7 October 1944. A very interesting document being a pass for a seriously disabled veteran dated 8 January 1946 allowing the holder Zentes to get preferential treatment within society. A letter to Zentes father which includes the citation for the Infantry Assault Badge in silver dated 17 October 1944 pen signed by a Regimental commander. His German Arbeits book (work book) dated 5 January 1939 and following right through until 1957, still with Swastika front cover. An interesting group, good condition (lot) £80-£120
584 A German Second War Metz 1944 Cuff and War Winners Document Group.
A soldbuch in excellent condition with the cover punch holed for filing belonging to Leutnant Wizard Muller, born October 1922, served in a heavy artillery unit, initially in Germany and then Mons in Belgium and finally Boulogne Northern France from 1942 until 1944. January 1944 he transferred to Artillery Regiment 195 where he was wounded and withdrawn and served in various hospitals until July 1944, then serving in various reserve artillery units and finally in an NCO Infantry Officers School, which was moved to Metz in August and formed part of Kampfgruppe Festung (Fortress) Metz. The unit was destroyed in the battle of Metz in 1944. The document granting Armelband Metz is included with this group and signed by Commander of the Staff of the 462nd Infantry Division. Medals awarded SA Sports Badge in bronze, Wound Badge in black, Iron Cross Second Class. Within this group the soldbuch itself, his original aluminium splittable two-piece identity disc, an A4 size sheet being a leave pass, two other small pieces of paperwork dated March 1945 indicating that Muller survived the Second World War and lastly the section of typed paper indicating the award in hand to Leutnant Muller authorising him to the wearing of the Armelband Metz 1944. The Armelband Metz is possibly one of the most difficult of all the army armbands to obtain as a original example, very few were ever issued and any paperwork relating to the award of the band is even more difficult, generally good condition (lot)
£500-£700 585
Grant of Arms Elizabeth II Period. To Eve Maida Platel, widow of Francis Vittery Platel, Esq., G.M., late Major, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, of Shrewsbury, granted 15 April 1954 by Garter King of Arms and Clarenceux King of Arms, full illuminated parchment scroll complete with attached brass cased seals in its original presentation box bearing EIIR cypher, very good condition £80-£120
Note: The George Medal awarded to Major F. V. Platel was sold in these rooms in September 1999. 586
Copy Medals: Naval Small Gold Medal 1794-1815, a gilt base metal copy, 33 mm., the reverse inscribed, ‘Thomas Masterman Hardy, Esquire, Captain of H.M.S. Victory, on 21 October MDCCCV, the combined Fleets of France and Spain defeated’, with gilt slip-bar on ribbon; together with Boulton’s Trafalgar medal, gold plated replica edition struck for the Royal Naval Museum in association with the Royal Mint to commemorate the bicentenary of Trafalgar, with certificate in box of issue, good very fine or better (2)
£100-£140 587
Defective and Renamed Medals (4): Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1559. Pte. G. Knowles. 2/8th Regt.) renamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, erased; Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, this a cast copy; Air Crew Europe Star, this a copy; the first crudely re-pinned at claw with steel pin, generally good fine and better (4)
£60-£80
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