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Set of award certificates for a Wehrmacht Infantry Lieutenant. Krim, Wolchow, Kurland. Rare
Award certificates for a Wehrmacht Infantry Lieutenant. Kurland cuff title. Certificates for nine awards. Unteroffizier Franz Hirt went through the war and received the Iron Cross 2nd class for the Polish campaign in September 1940 as part of the 10th company of the 468th infantry regiment of the 268th Wehrmacht division, the document was personally signed by the division commander Erich Straube. Franz received an infantry assault badge as part of the fifth company of the 438th regiment for battles in the Uman region on October 1, 1941, the document was signed by the regiment commander. In Sevastopol, on June 7, 1942, he was wounded for the first time, and the award document for the wound badge was received on July 16, 1942, in the recovering company of the regiment. 18 July 1942 Unteroffizier Hirth received the Iron cross first class and a document signed by division commander Fritz Lindemann, for distinction in the assault on Sevastopol. On September 6, 1942, the Regiment was transferred to the Wolchow front. On July 1, 1943, the medal "Frozen Meat" was received, where the owner literally experienced the tough battles and all the delights of the Volkhov Front - "the Ass of the World" as the Germans themselves called "Arsch der Welt" the regiment station near Luban, in the winter of 1942. And on February 27, 1943, he was wounded a second time in the same area. For the August battles in the Mga area, he received a silver grade of close combat badge, the award document was signed by the regiment commander Kuhlmann. Most likely, after that, he was sent on a long vacation. After returning to his homeland, he was promoted to Feldwebel and continued to serve in the 132nd field reserve battalion, which was defeated back in 1941 and was re-created on June 15, 1943. In the area of the settlement of Akniste near Jekabpils, (Latvian SSR) on July 14, 1944, he received a third wound, for which he was awarded the silver grade of wound badge, and was sent for treatment to a hospital in Breslau, where he received the badge on October 13, 1944 in the reserve hospital №. 4 Breslau. After being cured, he was promoted to lieutenant, most likely becoming a company commander, and was sent back to the regiment on March 16, 1945, he received a fifth wound in the area of Upenieki in Courland, where on April 5, 1945, in a field hospital, he received an award gold grade of wound badge. Lieutenant Hirt received his last award, the cuff title "Kurland" on May 1, 1945, in field positions, signed by the division commander, Major General Rudolf Demme
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Award certificates for a Wehrmacht Infantry Lieutenant. Kurland cuff title. Certificates for nine awards. Unteroffizier Franz Hirt went through the war and received the Iron Cross 2nd class for the Polish campaign in September 1940 as part of the 10th company of the 468th infantry regiment of the 268th Wehrmacht division, the document was personally signed by the division commander Erich Straube. Franz received an infantry assault badge as part of the fifth company of the 438th regiment for battles in the Uman region on October 1, 1941, the document was signed by the regiment commander. In Sevastopol, on June 7, 1942, he was wounded for the first time, and the award document for the wound badge was received on July 16, 1942, in the recovering company of the regiment. 18 July 1942 Unteroffizier Hirth received the Iron cross first class and a document signed by division commander Fritz Lindemann, for distinction in the assault on Sevastopol. On September 6, 1942, the Regiment was transferred to the Wolchow front. On July 1, 1943, the medal "Frozen Meat" was received, where the owner literally experienced the tough battles and all the delights of the Volkhov Front - "the Ass of the World" as the Germans themselves called "Arsch der Welt" the regiment station near Luban, in the winter of 1942. And on February 27, 1943, he was wounded a second time in the same area. For the August battles in the Mga area, he received a silver grade of close combat badge, the award document was signed by the regiment commander Kuhlmann. Most likely, after that, he was sent on a long vacation. After returning to his homeland, he was promoted to Feldwebel and continued to serve in the 132nd field reserve battalion, which was defeated back in 1941 and was re-created on June 15, 1943. In the area of the settlement of Akniste near Jekabpils, (Latvian SSR) on July 14, 1944, he received a third wound, for which he was awarded the silver grade of wound badge, and was sent for treatment to a hospital in Breslau, where he received the badge on October 13, 1944 in the reserve hospital №. 4 Breslau. After being cured, he was promoted to lieutenant, most likely becoming a company commander, and was sent back to the regiment on March 16, 1945, he received a fifth wound in the area of Upenieki in Courland, where on April 5, 1945, in a field hospital, he received an award gold grade of wound badge. Lieutenant Hirt received his last award, the cuff title "Kurland" on May 1, 1945, in field positions, signed by the division commander, Major General Rudolf Demme
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