Bernhard Griese – Polizei-Batallion 323 (442. Spezial Kommando) – Later SS-Standartenführer – Wartime Signed
Original wartime signature on a wartime photograph of Bernhard Griese. SS-Standartenführer und Oberst der Schutzpolizei Bernhard Griese (17.01.1887, Ribnitz/Mecklenburg † 11.02.1964, Kiel) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 3 May 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer / Major der Schutzpolizei and Kommandeur of Polizei-Schützen-Bataillon 323, attached to 442. Spezial-Kommando, 4. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte. Griese was a veteran police and military officer whose service extended from the First World War into the Second World War. After serving in the Sicherheitspolizei from 1919, he rose through the ranks of the Schutzpolizei, being promoted to Major der Schutzpolizei in 1936, before being reactivated for wartime service in 1939. As commander of Polizei-Schützen-Bataillon 323, later redesignated SS-Polizei-Bataillon 323, he served extensively on the Eastern Front, where his unit was engaged in anti-partisan warfare and rear-area security operations under Heeresgruppe Mitte. His leadership in these operations earned him the Knight’s Cross in May 1942. He later commanded SS-Polizei-Regiment 19, the temporary SS-Polizei-Regiment “Griese,” and subsequently SS-Polizei-Regiment 14, serving in Slovenia, France, and the Balkans, including deployments in Marseille, Croatia, and the border regions of Italy and Yugoslavia. His career culminated with promotion to SS-Standartenführer and Oberst der Schutzpolizei.
His known awards included the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (1914), Kriegverdienstkreuz 1914–1918 2. Klasse für Kämpfer, Kriegverdienstkreuz 1914–1918 1. Klasse für Kämpfer, Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918), Baltenkreuz 2. Klasse, Danziger Kreuz 1. Klasse, the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer (1934), Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern, Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern, the 1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 2. Klasse 1914 (January 1942), the Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (15 March 1942), the Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber, the Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42” (9 July 1942), the Red Zeljeni Trolist Second Class Cross with Oak Wreath (22 November 1943), and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes.
A highly desirable original autograph of Knight’s Cross holder SS-Standartenführer Bernhard Griese, signed in period on an attractive wartime portrait photograph.
Provenance: From the estate of former HJ member Reinhold Brennfleck (1928–2022) from Lauda, Baden, who wrote to numerous Ritterkreuzträger in 1943–1944 requesting signatures and signed photographs, forming an exceptional wartime autograph collection.
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Original wartime signature on a wartime photograph of Bernhard Griese. SS-Standartenführer und Oberst der Schutzpolizei Bernhard Griese (17.01.1887, Ribnitz/Mecklenburg † 11.02.1964, Kiel) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 3 May 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer / Major der Schutzpolizei and Kommandeur of Polizei-Schützen-Bataillon 323, attached to 442. Spezial-Kommando, 4. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte. Griese was a veteran police and military officer whose service extended from the First World War into the Second World War. After serving in the Sicherheitspolizei from 1919, he rose through the ranks of the Schutzpolizei, being promoted to Major der Schutzpolizei in 1936, before being reactivated for wartime service in 1939. As commander of Polizei-Schützen-Bataillon 323, later redesignated SS-Polizei-Bataillon 323, he served extensively on the Eastern Front, where his unit was engaged in anti-partisan warfare and rear-area security operations under Heeresgruppe Mitte. His leadership in these operations earned him the Knight’s Cross in May 1942. He later commanded SS-Polizei-Regiment 19, the temporary SS-Polizei-Regiment “Griese,” and subsequently SS-Polizei-Regiment 14, serving in Slovenia, France, and the Balkans, including deployments in Marseille, Croatia, and the border regions of Italy and Yugoslavia. His career culminated with promotion to SS-Standartenführer and Oberst der Schutzpolizei.
His known awards included the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (1914), Kriegverdienstkreuz 1914–1918 2. Klasse für Kämpfer, Kriegverdienstkreuz 1914–1918 1. Klasse für Kämpfer, Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918), Baltenkreuz 2. Klasse, Danziger Kreuz 1. Klasse, the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer (1934), Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern, Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern, the 1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 2. Klasse 1914 (January 1942), the Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (15 March 1942), the Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber, the Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42” (9 July 1942), the Red Zeljeni Trolist Second Class Cross with Oak Wreath (22 November 1943), and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes.
A highly desirable original autograph of Knight’s Cross holder SS-Standartenführer Bernhard Griese, signed in period on an attractive wartime portrait photograph.
Provenance: From the estate of former HJ member Reinhold Brennfleck (1928–2022) from Lauda, Baden, who wrote to numerous Ritterkreuzträger in 1943–1944 requesting signatures and signed photographs, forming an exceptional wartime autograph collection.
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