Germany, Heer. A Lot of Award Documents & Correspondence to Wilhelm Schombera, Infanterie-Regiment 133
(Heer Verleihungsurkunden und Papier). An extensive lot of award documents and correspondence to Wilhelm Schombera, including: A document for a Wehrmacht Long Service Medal, IV Class for 4 Years, named to Schombera as an Unteroffizier of Infanterie-Regiment 7, issued at Breslau on 31 October 1938, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberst (later Generalleutnant) Wolf Boysen, measuring 210 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), with some creasing evident, in better than very fine condition; one for a Marksmanship Lanyard, III Grade, issued on 27 June 1939, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Emil Schweisfurth, measuring 295 mm (w) x 420 mm (h), with extensive tearing and deterioration evident, in poor condition; a document for a Marksmanship Badge, III Class, issued at Altengrabow on 27 June 1939, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Emil Schweisfurth, measuring 210 mm (w) x 296 mmm (h), in near extremely fine condition; one for a Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar, named to Schombera as a Feldwebel of Infanterie-Regiment 133, issued 10 November 1939, featuring a facsimile signature of General Werner Kienitz, measuring 208 mm (w) x 148 mm (H), in extremely fine condition; one for a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, named to Schombera as a Feldwebel of Infanterie-Regiment 133, issued in the field on 4 December 1939, featuring a handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Friedrich Materna (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 31 August 1941), measuring 210 mm (w) x 300 mm (h), with some creasing and soiling evident, in overall very fine condition; one for a Black Grade Wound Badge, named to Schombera as a Feldwebel of Infanterie-Regiment 133, issued at Gmünden on 13 February 1940 for a single wound suffered on 1 September 1939, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberst (later General) Rudolf von Bünau (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 15 August 1940; with Oak Leaves, 5 March 1945), measuring 210 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; one for a 1939 Iron Cross I Class, named to Schombera as a Feldwebel of Infanterie-Regiment 133, issued in the field on 14 June 1940, featuring a handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Friedrich Materna, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; one for a Silver Grade Wound Badge, named to Schombera as a Feldwebel of Infanterie-Regiment 133, issued on 3 July 1941 for three wounds suffered between 2 September 1939 and 24 June 1941, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberst (later Generalleutnant) Friedrich Kühlwein (German Cross in Gold, 19 January 1942), measuring 210 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; one for an Infantry Assault Badge, named to Schomebra as an Oberfeldwebel of Infanterie-Regiment 133, issued on 12 July 1941, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberst (later Generalleutnant) Friedrich Kühlwein, measuring 210 mm (w) x 296 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; one for an Eastern Front Medal, named to Schombera as an Oberleutnant, issued on 24 October 1943, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberst Max Hildesheim, measuring 140 mm (w) x 198 mm (h), in extremely fine condition, and; one for a Gold Grade Wound Badge, named to Schombera as a Leutnant of Infanterie-Regiment 133, issued on 8 October 1942 for five wounds suffered between 2 September 1939 and 3 September 1942, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Dr. Theo Grünewald, measuring 210 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition. Accompanied by a group of correspondence and supplementary documents retrieved from Schombera’s estate, including a promotion document elevating Schombera from Unteroffizier to Feldwebel, effective 3 November 1938, issued at Linz on 2 December 1938, featuring a handwritten signature of Oberst (later General) Rudolf von Bünau, measuring 210 mm (w) x 298 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a promotion document elevating Schombera from Feldwebel to Oberfeldwebel, issued on 30 December 1940, featuring a handwritten signature of Major (later Oberst) Max Eggeling, measuring 210 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a good conduct citation to Schombera, issued on 15 November 1940 and featuring a handwritten signature of Generaloberst (later Generaldfeldmarschall) Ernst Busch (Pour le Mérite, 4 A October 1918; Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 26 May 1940; Oak Leaves, 21 August 1943), measuring 210 mm (w) x 296 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a citation document for a 1939 Iron Cross I Class, specifying that Schombera would receive the decoration for helping to silence an enemy position after being wounded while passing open terrain, measuring 210 mm (w) x 295 mm (h), with some soiling and fatigue evident, in overall better than very fine condition; a letter to Schombera accompanied by a photograph, dated 1 January 1941, written by Major Adolf Dedekind, the letter measuring 208 mm (w) x 296 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; also accompanied by a lot of four vacation passes, dated through years 1934 through 1942, in overall very fine condition.

