Original Award document set + Erkennungsmarke (Dog tag) + Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwetern of a soldier who served with the I. Abteilung/ Panzer-Regiment 6! This unit interestingly was subordinated to the Panzer-Regiment 130 of the Panzer-Lehr-Division, also thus fighting in Normandy and the Western Front! They were equipped with the Panther!
2x Award documents (KVK2X & Winterschlacht im Osten). The KVK2x document was signed by Generalmajor Voigt. The Winterschlacht im Osten was awarded in 1944 and bears the Feldpoststamp of the Panzer-Regiment 130! Condition as seen - was folded and has the WIO has punchholes!
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern, maker marked "100"
2x Portraits of a Waffen-SS Panther Funker, he belonged to the Panther crew of Waffen-SS Ritterkreuzträger Horst Gresiak ! Postcardsizes. Added illustration photo of him in the crew photo (see red circle) with Horst Grtesiak in the middle in front of the Panther. Panther "92".
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Werner Busse. SS-Unterscharführer Werner Busse served in the SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 of the 10. SS-Panzer-Division “Frundsberg” during the war. Served on a Panther in Normandy! Only survivor of his Panther which was KO. Good condition. Measuring 8x11cm.
Postwar Signature of Karl Nicolussi-Leck. Karl Nicolussi-Leck was the commander of a Panther company in the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" during its efforts to relieve the trapped garrison at Kovel in March 1944. On the 27th of that month, with the German relief efforts still in progress, Nicolussi-Leck received an order to halt all offensive actions. By this point he was in radio conduct with the garrison, and felt that its relief was of the utmost importance. He thus told his radio operator to send a reply stating that he (Nicolussi-Leck) could not be found, and with that continued the push to the town. Three days later, following difficult fighting, he was able to reach the trapped garrison with seven tanks on the early morning of the 30th. By doing so he was able to substantially reinforce the garrison’s defences, and he remained with them until Kovel was finally relieved for good. His recommendation also says that he destroyed 17 tanks in the process, although it is possible this number is for the whole company. Either way, Nicolussi-Leck’s actions were judged to be worthy of the Knight’s Cross, and he received this award shortly afterwards. (Source: Traces of War)
Postwar Signature of Karl Nicolussi-Leck. Karl Nicolussi-Leck was the commander of a Panther company in the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" during its efforts to relieve the trapped garrison at Kovel in March 1944. On the 27th of that month, with the German relief efforts still in progress, Nicolussi-Leck received an order to halt all offensive actions. By this point he was in radio conduct with the garrison, and felt that its relief was of the utmost importance. He thus told his radio operator to send a reply stating that he (Nicolussi-Leck) could not be found, and with that continued the push to the town. Three days later, following difficult fighting, he was able to reach the trapped garrison with seven tanks on the early morning of the 30th. By doing so he was able to substantially reinforce the garrison’s defences, and he remained with them until Kovel was finally relieved for good. His recommendation also says that he destroyed 17 tanks in the process, although it is possible this number is for the whole company. Either way, Nicolussi-Leck’s actions were judged to be worthy of the Knight’s Cross, and he received this award shortly afterwards. (Source: Traces of War)
