Josef Dirkmorfeld – Pionier-Bataillon 208 (Wartime Signed)
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Wartime Signed Studioportrait of Obergefreiter Josef Dirkmorfeld (04.05.1912 † 20.03.1990) who earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on March 12, 1943 as Obergefreiter u. Gruppenführer in the 2. Kompanie/ Pionier-Bataillon 208 of the 208. Infanterie-Division. Measuring: Postcardsize.
Ritterkreuz: “Obergefreiter Dirkmorfeld was awarded the Knight’s Cross on the 12.03.1943 for his battlefield achievements in the area of the Pionier-Bataillon 208. Through his brave devotion to duty (up until being wounded on the 24.02.1943) he had a decisive share in the defensive success of his Bataillon commander’s Kampfgruppe. As the leader of the Kompanie HQ squad he was the one who secured the bypassed, unprotected left flank of the Kompanie for days during the heavy close combat with overwhelming enemy tank and infantry forces. After the falling out of all officers and NCOs he personally directed individual scattered squads of different combat formations to the most dangerous enemy penetrations, and he maintained the resistance of his handful of men even after being overrun by enemy tanks. After being heavily wounded he arranged for the immediate transfer of his battlefield plan before being treated himself, and in doing so laid the groundwork for a successful counterthrust with our own Panzers. He was evacuated from the battle area by means of a Panzer.”
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Wartime Signed Studioportrait of Obergefreiter Josef Dirkmorfeld (04.05.1912 † 20.03.1990) who earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on March 12, 1943 as Obergefreiter u. Gruppenführer in the 2. Kompanie/ Pionier-Bataillon 208 of the 208. Infanterie-Division. Measuring: Postcardsize.
Ritterkreuz: “Obergefreiter Dirkmorfeld was awarded the Knight’s Cross on the 12.03.1943 for his battlefield achievements in the area of the Pionier-Bataillon 208. Through his brave devotion to duty (up until being wounded on the 24.02.1943) he had a decisive share in the defensive success of his Bataillon commander’s Kampfgruppe. As the leader of the Kompanie HQ squad he was the one who secured the bypassed, unprotected left flank of the Kompanie for days during the heavy close combat with overwhelming enemy tank and infantry forces. After the falling out of all officers and NCOs he personally directed individual scattered squads of different combat formations to the most dangerous enemy penetrations, and he maintained the resistance of his handful of men even after being overrun by enemy tanks. After being heavily wounded he arranged for the immediate transfer of his battlefield plan before being treated himself, and in doing so laid the groundwork for a successful counterthrust with our own Panzers. He was evacuated from the battle area by means of a Panzer.”
