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Wartime Postcard and Signature of Otto Schuhart. Otto Schuhart (4 September 1909 – 10 March 1990) commanded the U-boat U-29 in Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. He received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross), a decoration awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership. Korvettenkapitän (corvette captain) Schuhart is credited with the sinking of the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous on 17 September 1939, the first British warship to be lost in the war. In total Schuhart claimed thirteen ships sunk on seven war patrols, for a total of 67,277 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied merchant shipping and one warship of 22,500 long tons (22,900 tonnes).

Born in Hamburg, Schuhart joined the Reichsmarine (navy) of the Weimar Republic in 1929. After a period of training on surface vessels he transferred to the U-boat force in 1936. Following the sinking of HMS Courageous the entire crew of U-29 received the Iron Cross 2nd Class while Schuhart as commander received both classes of the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st Class. After further six war patrols, Schuhart became commander of the 1. U-Lehr Division (“1st U-boat Training Division”) and later of the 21st U-boat Flotilla. He spent the last months of the war at the Naval Academy at Mürwik. After World War II he worked in various civil jobs and in 1955 rejoined military service in the Bundesmarine of the Bundeswehr of the Federal Republic of Germany. He retired in 1967 and died on 10 March 1990 in Stuttgart. (Source: Wikipedia)

Grouping of Gefreiter Kunz who served with the Flak-Regiment 231. He met a tragic fate when he was beaten to death with blunt force by Partisans. This info was extracted from his Death Registration card, available with Ancestry. The grouping includes a cased ball-hinge Flakkampfabzeichen in stunning condition, Fallschirmjägermesser (gravity knife), award document for the Flakkampfabzeichen, photographs and extra papers.

Set of a SS-Soldbuch & SS-Wehrpass (with a French Mein Kampf edition) from a soldier that was born in Hungary, who served with the SS-Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 101 of the I. SS Panzerkorps Leibstandarte which was formed in the summer 1943 at Berlin-Lichterfelde and fought on the southern sector of the Eastern front before being transferred to Belgium early 1944. It later fought in Normandy, the Ardennes and Hungary before ending the war near Vienna, Austria.

Mostnotably, the battles of Normandy, Ardennes & Hungary are noted in his Wehrpass! He eventually became a SS-Rottenführer and earned the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse in September 1944! The photos are torn out and the leaves pages are missing from the Soldbuch. Pages are also lose in the Soldbuch. Nevertheless, interesting set!

Nice late-war Feldgendarmerie (“Kettenhund”) gorget (breast plate) with its original chain and in worn condition.

Original Hitlerjugend Buckle, marked RZM M4/24 for Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid. Overall good condition.

Small lot of SS-Obersturmführer Georg Vilzmann. Most notably, he’s accredited with 53 Close Combat Days (but didn’t earn the NKIG) and he was also recommended for the German Cross in Gold. He fought in the Ardennes, and part of his memoires are available online to read (ex. here: https://erenow.net/ww/ardennes-1944-1945-hitlers-winter-offensive/12.php), he fought with the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer”.

• One wartime photograph (signed on the back)
• One postwar reproduction with postwar signature
• One postwar reproduction photo (his marriage?)
• One postwar photograph that was signed and dedicated to him by Sylvester Stadler!

Militär-Verdienstkreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern with matching casing. Maker: Jacob Leser. Condition as seen.

Award document for the Friedrich August-Medaille in Bronze am Kriegsband with extra document for a soldier who served with the Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 103!

Medal Bar: Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (1914) (1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class), Silberne Verdienstmedaille Friedrich II. 1908 (Silver Medal of Merit Friedrich II. 1908), Friedrich August Medaille in Bronze (Friedrich August Medal in Bronze), 1914-1918 Ehrenkreuz (1914-1918 Honor Cross) and Treuedienst-Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe für 25 Jahre (25 Years Loyal Service Award). Comes with two ribbon bars and a box it was kept in. Good condition.

Medal Bar: Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (1914) (1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class) & 1914-1918 Ehrenkreuz (1914-1918 Honor Cross). Ehrenkreuz maker marked “83 – Reichsverband Pforzheim”. Good condition. Comes with a box in which they were preserved.