Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Lot of Decorations and Award Documents to Felix Hille

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$201
(Kriegsmarine Medaillen und Verleihungsurkunden). A lot of decorations and award documents named to Kriegsmarine machinist Felix Hille, including a Wehrmacht Long Service Decoration, IV Class for 4 Years, constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”), the reverse bearing a number “4” within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 30.25 mm in diameter, weighing 11.8 grams, in very fine condition, accompanied by its award document, named to “OBERMASCHINISTENMAATEN FELIX HILLE” of 1. Zerstörer-Division, issued at Kiel on 2 October 1936, featuring a handwritten signature of Konteradmiral Karlgeorg Schuster (German Cross in Gold, 19 February 1943), measuring 210 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), with a central folding crease, in near extremely fine condition; a Sudetenland Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised date of “1. OKTOBER 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.18 mm in diameter, weighing 14.2 grams, with some oxidation evident, in better than very fine condition, accompanied by its award document, named to Hille as a Stabs Machinist of Flottentender “Jagd”, issued at Kiel on 17 July 1940, featuring a handwritten signature of Korvettenkapitän Walter Berger, measuring 208 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), with a central folding crease, in extremely fine condition; a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of “1939”, unmarked, measuring 47.85 mm (w) x 47.50 mm (h), weighing 22.5 grams, in near extremely fine condition, accompanied by its award document, named to Hille as a Stabsfeldwebel, issued in Athens on 30 January 1944, featuring a handwritten signature of Vizeadmiral Siegfried Maßmann, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; also including an award document for a Wehrmacht Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years, named to hiller as an Ober-Machinisten-Maat of Marineschule Kiel, issued at Kiel on 1 October 1937, featuring a handwritten signature of Konteradmiral Werner Bettenhäuser, measuring 210 mm (w) x 298 mm (h), with a central folding crease, in near extremely fine condition, and; three promotion documents, dated between 5 November 1937 and 16 December 1938, elevating Hille from Machinist to Ober-Machinist and finally to Stabsmachinist, each measuring 214 mm (w) x 150 mm (h), in overall extremely fine condition.