Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Award Documents

(Verleihungsurkunden). A mixed lot of nine award documents and notices, including:

1. A certificate to Obergefreiter Herbert Papenbrock, 2. Kompanie, Flieger-Ausbildungs-Bataillon 16, indicating that he has qualified for the Reich Sports Badges for both Light and Heavy Athletics, and is permitted to wear the appropriate badges, issued in Schleswig on 13 June 1939, measuring 21 cm (w) x 14.5 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

2. An award document for the War Merit Cross II Class, named to Hauptschriftleiter De. Eduard Schaefer of Istanbul, issued in Berlin on 1 May 1942, certified by the facsimile signatures of the Führer and Otto Meissner, measuring 21 cm (w) x 29.5 cm (h), demonstrating some soiling, in near extremely fine condition.

3. An award document for the 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of off-white paper stock with black ink, named to Matrosengefreiter Helmut Kießlich of 5. Torpedobootsflottille, issued on board a vessel on 15 July 1942 and certified by the handwritten signature of Admiral Otto Schniewind (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 20 April 1940), measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

4. An award document for the Blockade Runner Badge, constructed of off-white paper stock with multi-coloured ink, named to Maschinengrefreiter Alfred Böttcher, dated 16 May 1943 and certified by the signature of an unidentified Officer, measuring 15 cm (w) x 21 cm (h), demonstrating some creasing and a small tape repair to one corner, in better than very fine condition.

5. An award document for the War Merit Cross II Class for a female recipient, named to Kreisabteilungsleiterin (Regional Department Leader) Eleonore Tielke Elsfleth, issued in Berlin on 1 September 1943, certified by facsimile signatures of the Führer and Otto Meissner, measuring 21 cm (w) x 29.5 cm (h), demonstrating some creasing, in near extremely fine condition.

6. An award document for the Demjansk Shield, constructed of off-white paper stock with multi-coloured ink, named to Obergefreiter Karl Haemeier, 12. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 501, issued at headquarters on 21 December 1943, certified by the facsimile signature of General Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt and the handwritten signature of an unidentified Oberleutnant, measuring 15 cm (w) x 21 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

7. A certificate for Driver’s Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, named to Feldwebel Erich Pöhl, Staff of Schlachtgeschwader 3, issued at headquarters on 6 January 1944 and certified by the handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Kurt Kuhlmey (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 15 July 1942), measuring 15 cm (w) x 21 cm (h), perforated and demonstrating some creasing, in better than very fine condition.

8. An award document for the 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of off-white paper stock with black ink, named to Matrosenobergefreiter Albert Kersting, dated 11 June 1944 and certified by the facsimile signature of Vizeadmiral Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), demonstrating some creasing, in near extremely fine condition.

9. An award document for the Social Welfare Decoration, constructed of off-white paper stock with black ink, named to Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross/DRK) Hilfsschwester Ella Metzner of Marburg, undated, featuring an embossed seal and certified by the facsimile signatures of the Führer and Otto Meissner, measuring 21 cm (w) x 30 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.