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A 1946 Service Excerpt for German Cross in Gold Recipient Major General Wolfgang von Wild

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A 1946 Service Excerpt for German Cross in Gold Recipient Major General Wolfgang von Wild

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A 1946 Service Excerpt for German Cross in Gold Recipient Major General Wolfgang von Wild

Measuring 21 x 14.8 / 7.8 x 5.3 – 13.5 x 9.9 cm; Date of item: 1946; Condition: good, signs of aging, slight rips; Von Wild started his military career in mid 1918 when entering the navy. Over the course of the next 27 years he received ten promotions, the last one to Major General in Mar 1945. In 1934 he was transferred into the Luftwaffe, serving in the Naval Air Forces. During WWII he was stationed in the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. He was even supposed to go to Japan as an attache, but was captured by the British instead. He was released in 1947. Von Wild received, among other awards, the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class, a Naval Wound Badge in Black, a Crimean Shield, a Commander Cross of the Romanian Crown, and a German Cross in Gold.

The pay book slip has some personal information about von Wild as well as his last deployment and the badges he was awarded. The back lists his deployments between 1938 and 1945. It is signed by a Lieutenant Colonel of the Corps Group of Stockhausen – Führerreserve (Leaders Reserve). It was filled out in Jan of 1946. Of the four photos, three are copies on photo paper. The first shows von Wild in civilian clothing next to a car. On the second one he wears a uniform and is seen with three Luftwaffe officers. The third pictures shows him in a group of eight men, some wearing pilot’s caps. The fourth picture shows him as a flying instructor in 1932.