Original award document set of Gefreiter Arnold Klünder, who served with the 7. Kompanie/ Infanterie-Regiment 154 of the 58. Infanterie-Division and later with the Marine-Artillerie and the 5. Batterie/ leichte Flak-Abteilung 879. During his service, he earned the:
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (Iron Cross 2nd Class), awarded for courageous service on July 21, 1942. Document was signed by Oberst Scharenberg.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber (Infantry Assault Badge in Silver) on July 1, 1942, for 3 separate infantry assault days during his service! Signed by Alexander von Pfuhlstein(RK, 20 July Plot!)
Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound Badge in Black) for his wound suffered on May 29, 1942. Signed by an unknown officer.
Soldbuch (second issue as he served before the opening of this soldbuch)
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Werner Ebeling. Oberst Werner Ebeling (11.11.1907 † 16.12.2001) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on March 11, 1943 as Oberleutnant with Grenadier-Regiment 220, the Ritterkreuz on April 9, 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of II. Bataillon/Grenadier-Regiment 220 of the 58. Infanterie-Division and the Eichenlaub on March 5, 1945 as Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur of Grenadier-Regiment 154 of the 58. Infanterie-Division..
Provenance: This signature comes from one of the largest postwar signature collection I’ve ever commissioned. This collection was started by a Waffen-SS Veteran, Werner H., in the 1950’s until he passed away.
