Rare Grouping – Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216 (“Brummbär”! Spieß – Italy)
€1.195,00Offered for sale is an exceptional and highly desirable original WWII grouping belonging to Hauptfeldwebel Grothklage, a long-serving NCO whose career spans infantry, cavalry, panzer troops, and elite assault armor formations.
Military Career
Grothklage served with the following units during his wartime career:
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Infanterie-Regiment 5
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Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 8
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Schützen-Regiment 28
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Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216 (Werkstattzug)
His final unit, Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216, was equipped with the formidable Sturmpanzer IV “Brummbär”, one of the rarest German armored vehicles of the war, with only approximately 300–400 produced. The unit saw combat service in Italy, adding further historical weight to this grouping.
Awards and Decorations
Grothklage was already a decorated combat veteran by 1940, earning multiple awards for his participation in the Western Campaign, including:
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
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Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber
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DRL Sports Badge
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Sudetenland Medal
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Dienstauszeichnung 4. Klasse
Documents and Contents
This extensive and well-preserved grouping includes:
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Original Soldbuch, complete with all pages intact and a superb period photograph (front cover denazified)
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Driver’s license, signed by Bruno Kahl, commander of Sturmpanzer-Abt. 216 and Eichenlaubträger
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Driver instructor license
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Award documents for the DRL Sports Badge and Wehrmacht Service Medal
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Sudetenland Medal award document
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Field post correspondence
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Period photographs
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Leather document case
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Additional original service papers
The Soldbuch records that Grothklage was issued the MP40 submachine gun, and also notes that he carried his own personal pistol, a highly attractive detail for collectors.
Collector Significance
This is a top-tier, combat-documented Panzer grouping with:
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A senior NCO rank
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Early war combat awards
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Direct association with the rare Brummbär assault tank
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Strong provenance to Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216
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An outstanding Soldbuch photograph and extensive supporting paperwork
A truly killer, museum-quality grouping—rarely encountered in this level of completeness and condition, and a centerpiece item for any advanced WWII militaria or Panzer collection.
LW Soldbuch – Flakscheinwerfer & Festung-Pantherturm-Kp. (Panther Turret!) (3x Awards)
€550,00Offered here is an original Luftwaffe Soldbuch belonging to Oberwachtmeister Gerhard Domke, who served with several Flak and searchlight units during the Second World War. His documented service includes:
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Flak-Scheinwerfer-Regiment 146
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Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilungen 158 and 229
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Festung-Pantherturm-Kompanie 1213
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Festung-Pantherturm-Kompanie 1212, which saw combat in the Frankfurt (Oder) area during the final phase of the war
During his military career, Domke was awarded the following decorations:
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (Iron Cross 2nd Class)
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Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 (Eastern Front Medal)
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Flakkampfabzeichen (Flak Battle Badge)
This Soldbuch is particularly noteworthy due to Domke’s service with a Pantherturm unit, making it a rare and desirable document. Pantherturm units employed detached Panther tank turrets mounted on concrete or steel bunkers for static defensive purposes, primarily in the later stages of World War II.
Condition:
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Complete Soldbuch with original photograph and all pages present
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Front cover denazified, as commonly encountered
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Overall condition consistent with wartime use (see images for details)
A scarce and historically significant Soldbuch, especially attractive to collectors of Pantherturm, Flak, and late-war defensive units.
Exceptional WWII Sniper Soldbuch (with Provenance!) – Regiment “Feldhernnhalle” (Face Mask, Sniper Rifle, Sniper School etc.)
€1.995,00Offered here is an outstanding and highly rare original WWII document grouping belonging to Gefreiter Rauter, a confirmed frontline sniper who served with Grenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle and later Panzergrenadier-Regiment 106 Feldherrnhalle. This is not a typical Soldbuch with a single sniper reference—this is a fully documented sniper career, supported by multiple original papers that unmistakably confirm training, equipment issue, and combat service.
Documented Sniper Training
Rauter successfully completed the 16th Scharfschützenlehrgang XX at Obergruppe near Graudenz between 24 July and 21 August 1944. Included is the original school-issued slip confirming that upon graduation he was entrusted with a Karabiner 98k sniper rifle fitted with scope.
His Soldbuch is stamped and annotated with the full issue of specialized sniper equipment received directly from the sniper school upon course completion, including:
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Camouflage jacket
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Face mask
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Helmet with camouflage net
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Additional camouflage items and field gear
Frontline Sniper in Action
Crucially, the documents show that after returning to his unit, Rauter saw active combat as a sniper during September, October, and November 1944. This elevates the grouping far beyond training-only examples—he was a deployed sniper in operational conditions.
Awards and Additional Papers
The grouping also includes:
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Original award document for the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound Badge in Black)
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Kennzettel specifically issued for his sniper rifle
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A slip listing documented combat days
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POW document
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Additional contemporary papers related to his service
Soldbuch Details
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Original Soldbuch with period photograph (photo present but pages loose)
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Internally complete and fully consistent with the accompanying documents
Collector Significance
Complete sniper groupings of this caliber are extremely scarce. While Soldbücher noting a scoped rifle occasionally surface, it is exceptionally rare to find:
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Verified sniper school attendance
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Official issue of sniper camouflage and rifle
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Supporting Kennzettel and training paperwork
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Clear evidence of subsequent combat service
This is a museum-worthy, researchable, and historically compelling Wehrmacht sniper grouping—an outstanding centerpiece for any advanced WWII militaria collection.
Joachim Müncheberg – Jagdgeschwader 26 “Schlageter” & Jagdgeschwader 51 “Mölders” (Schwertern) (Wartime Signed!)
€350,00Original wartime signature on a postcard of Joachim Müncheberg. Major Joachim Müncheberg (31 December 1918 – 23 March 1943) was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot of the Second World War and one of the highest-scoring aces of the conflict, credited with 135 confirmed aerial victories. The majority of his successes were achieved over the Western Front, including 102 victories against Western Allied aircraft, of which 46 were against Supermarine Spitfire fighters. He also claimed 33 victories on the Eastern Front.
Joachim Müncheberg was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 14 September 1940 as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän of 7./Jagdgeschwader 26 “Schlageter”. He subsequently received the Eichenlaub (12. Verleihung) on 7 May 1941, again as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän, JG 26 “Schlageter”. His final and highest decoration, the Schwerter (19. Verleihung), was awarded on 9 September 1942 as Hauptmann und stellvertretender Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 51 “Mölders”.
Condition as seen. Postcardsize.
This is sold on commission!
KIA Wehrpass & Polizei-Dienstpaß – Polizei-Bataillon 303 (One of most notorious Police Bataillons!)
€695,00Original Wehrpass & Polizei-Dienstpaß of a NCO which served with the 3. Kompanie/ Polizei-Bataillon 303 and was Killed in Action on August 19, 1941. He was Polizei-Oberwachtmeister and served as groupleader. Before joining the police, he served with the Kavallerie-Regiment “Lüneburg”. He was member of the NSDAP, Reichsluftschutzbund, Soldatenbund and Reichskriegerbund.
He served with the Polizei-Bataillon 303 from April 941 until his death in August 1941. Polizei-Bataillon 303 was one of the most notorious police bataillons! His battlelist shows he took part in various “Säuberungsaufgabe” (“Clean-up” duties).
Police Battalion 303 was an Order Police (Ordnungspolizei) unit that participated in the German invasion of the Soviet Union beginning on 22 June 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa. After forcing a crossing of the San River near Sanok, the battalion advanced eastward through occupied Poland and western Ukraine, passing through cities and regions including Przemyśl, Lviv, Brody, Dubno, Rivne, Zhytomyr, and ultimately reaching Kyiv.
Initially, the battalion was tasked with rear-area security and so-called “mopping-up” operations against dispersed Soviet troops. As the campaign progressed, however, its role expanded significantly. The unit became directly involved in anti-Jewish violence, with the 3rd Company carrying out early shootings of Jews in locations such as Miropol and Cutnow. Evidence suggests participation in further mass killing operations, although the full extent of its involvement in Zhytomyr remains unclear.
From 23 September to 14 October 1941, Police Battalion 303 was stationed in Kyiv, where it first performed policing and security duties. Following Soviet sabotage attacks in the city on 24 September 1941, German authorities initiated mass reprisals against the Jewish population. During the massacre at Babyn Yar on 29–30 September 1941—when 33,771 Jews were murdered—the battalion played a documented supporting role. Its responsibilities included sealing off areas, searching Jewish victims for valuables prior to execution on Melnykova Street, and transporting confiscated property.
Overall, the record shows that Police Battalion 303 evolved from a conventional security formation into an integral component of the Nazi occupation and extermination apparatus in Ukraine, actively facilitating the Holocaust through both direct killings and logistical support for mass murder operations.
Battle of Kovel 1944 – RARE Photo & Document Set (Signed by Gille as Kdr. “Festen Platzes Kowel”!)
€750,00A historically unified and RARE frontline-issued German combat award document set belonging to Gefreiter Martin Mohr, serving in a motorized Eastern Front artillery unit equipped with RSO tractor-towed Ie.F.H. howitzers (1. Batterie/ Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 426).
The centerpiece EK2 award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class was issued in the field on 9 May 1944 (“Im Felde”), during the height of the Battle of the Kovel Pocket, and is personally signed in ink by Herbert Gille, in his role as Commander of “Fester Platz Kowel” — the fortified defensive sector responsible for the heroic containment and breakout of encircled German forces in April–May 1944.
Accompanying it is the matching Wound Badge in Black Besitzzeugnis, issued 2 July 1944, officially documenting Mohr’s first combat wounding sustained on 22 April 1944, a date that aligns precisely with the heaviest engagements of the Kovel defensive battles under Gille’s command.
Included original period photographs further reinforce the Eastern Front provenance, showing German troops, motorized artillery vehicles, and RSO unit field conditions, forming a cohesive historical grouping.
Award documents signed by Herbert Gille are exceptionally scarce — and examples explicitly issued under “Fester Platz Kowel” authority, dated during active combat, are among the rarest battle-attributed Iron Cross documents known to survive. This is a museum-grade artifact of unquestionable historical weight and extraordinary collector significance.
Outstanding DKiG Soldbuch & Wehrpass Grouping to Oberst Wentscher, 13. Panzer-Division
€2.100,00An exceptional and historically significant Soldbuch and Wehrpass grouping to Oberst Gerhard Wentscher, an early recipient of the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, awarded on 1 December 1941 for his service as commander of (Panzer-)Artillerie-Regiment 13, 13. Panzer-Division.
Wentscher was a career officer with an extensive and well-documented military career spanning both World Wars. Promoted to Leutnant in 1915, he earned four awards during the First World War, including the Iron Cross 1st Class. He joined the Wehrmacht as a Hauptmann in 1934, became Kompaniechef in Artillerie-Regiment 13 in 1936, and following promotion to Major, served as Adjutant of the 13. Infanterie-Division from 1938.
In this role he participated in the Polish Campaign, earning the Spange zum EK II, and in the Western Campaign, where he was awarded the Spange zum EK I. After the conversion of the 13. Infanterie-Division into the 13. Panzer-Division, Wentscher served on the Eastern Front as Oberstleutnant and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 13. He was severely wounded in the leg on 13 October 1941, leading to his early award of the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 1 December 1941. Declared unfit for further front-line service, he completed the war as an Oberst in the Oberkommando des Heeres.
Over approximately 18 years of service, Wentscher was entitled to an impressive twelve awards, including:
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Iron Cross II Class
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Iron Cross I Class
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Wound Badge in Black
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Honour Cross for Front Fighters
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Long Service Award IV Class
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Spange zum EK II
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Sudetenland Medal
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Spange zum EK I
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Officer’s Cross of the Romanian Crown
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Wound Badge in Silver
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General Assault Badge
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
The Soldbuch is a standout centerpiece, featuring an extraordinary large portrait photograph—quite possibly one of the finest Soldbuch photos extant. Wentscher is depicted holding a telephone, an action entirely against regulations for Soldbuch photographs, and is wearing his Deutsches Kreuz in Gold along with other decorations. The Soldbuch was opened in August 1939 and signed by Generalleutnant Moritz von Faber du Faur, divisional commander. It is complete and in very good condition.
The Wehrpass, opened in January 1941, also contains a military portrait photo showing Wentscher wearing his WWI EK I. It is complete, clean, and in excellent condition, meticulously listing his awards, units, campaigns, and promotions.
Additionally included in this outstanding grouping:
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Inländer-Jahresjagdschein (1940) with military portrait photograph
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Driving license, issued in Gross-Born, 1938
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A small private photograph
This is a unique, museum-quality grouping to a documented Panzer Oberst and early DKiG recipient. An unparalleled opportunity to acquire a true centerpiece for any advanced collection. The Soldbuch in particular offers exceptional visual and historical impact when displayed.
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