(Heer Verleihungsurkunden). A mixed lot of six award documents to Obergefreiter Emil Ankerstein, including:
1. One for a Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of off-white paper stock with multi-coloured ink, named to Ankerstein as a Schütze of 8. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 172, issued in the field on 1 August 1942 for a single wound suffered on 1 July 1942, featuring the handwritten signature of an unidentified Hauptmann, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), with some creasing evident, in very fine condition.
2. One for an Eastern Front Medal, constructed of off-white paper stock with black ink, named to Ankerstein as a Grenadier, issued on 26 August 1942, featuring the handwritten signature on unidentified Officer, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), with creasing evident throughout, in very fine condition.
3. One for a second Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of off-white paper stock with multi-coloured ink, named to Ankerstein (mis-spelled as Angerstein), issued in Breslau on 30 September 1943 for a single wound suffered on 18 September, featuring the handwritten signature of an unidentified Oberstabsarzt, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), with a folding crease evident, an unusual second award document (possibly owing to a mis-spelling of Ankerstein’s surname) in near extremely fine condition.
4. One for a Silver Grade Wound Badge, constructed of off-white paper stock with multi-coloured ink, named to Ankerstein as a Gefreiter of 8. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 172, issued in Breslau on 16 December 1943 for a angle wound suffered on 7 September 1943, featuring the handwritten signature of an unidentified Oberstabsarzt, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), with some creasing and running of ink evident, in very fine condition.
5. One for a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of off-white paper sock with black ink, named to Ankerstein as a Gefreiter of 8. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 172, issued in Breslau on 15 March 1944, featuring the handwritten signature of General der Kavallerie Rudolf Koch-Erpach (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 24 June 1940), measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), with a folding crease evident, in near extremely fine condition.
6. One for a Gold Grade Wound Badge, named to Ankerstein as an Obergefreiter of 8. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 172, issued in Göding on 8 February 1945 for a series of five wounds suffered between the summer of 1942 and winter of 1944, featuring the handwritten signature of an unidentified Stabsarzt, with creasing evident throughout, in very fine condition.
7. Accompanied by an identity card, constructed of grey oilcloth, the interior featuring typewritten information indicating that Ankerstein was born on 12 May 1922 in Körberode, Graudenz district (now Grudziądz, Poland), issued on 16 January 1941 and retaining a certified black-and-white portrait of Ankerstein with fingerprint samples, measuring 105 mm (w) x 148 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.