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Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 11 medal and document grouping - Africa & Italy

Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 11 medal and document grouping - Africa & Italy

LOT 76-0504
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Live auction on 28th /29th Sep - Pre-bids from 21st Sep
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GBP 1.516,05
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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
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LOT 76-0504
EAN 2000000870687
LOT 76-0504
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 2000000870687
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
LOT 76-0504
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000870687
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

A nice grouping to Unteroffizier/Oberjäger Helmut Uhlemann serving Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11 and Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 11. He served in France, North Africa (Tunis), and Italy until the end of the war. 

Certificates to Westwall Medal, 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, Italian-German Medal for the African campaign, Cuff Title "Afrika", and Wound Badge in Black. The War Merit Cross certificate was signed by Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich, Knight's Cross winner.

Luftwaffe Soldbuch. Contains a large number of entries. Issued on 12.09.1939. Original photo. All of his units are listed on pages 4 and 17. Awards: 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class on 20.04.1945, 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, Italian-German Medal for the African campaign, Cuff Title "Afrika", and Wound Badge in Black. Complete with all the pages. Some pages are loose and the swastika on the front cover has been painted over. 

Two nice portrait photos of him, two Fallschirmjäger group photos, and two photos with his girlfriend.

Cuff Title "Afrika". Taken from the tunic. A piece with "been there character". Length: 33 cm.

Westwall Medal with the original ribbon.

1939 War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords with the original ribbon. 

Italian-German Medal for the African campaign with the original ribbon.

Wound Badge in Black. 

Afrikakorps veteran's badge. Postwar.

RAD "R" cuff title. Length: 35.5 cm.

Enclosed are further documents, including a pass to enter the city of Rome (before 1945). 

Signs of use.


Condition
2/2-