Wilhelm Weidenbrück – Panzer-Regiment 3 & Panzer-Brigade 104 (Eichenlaub)

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo plus Letter of Wilhelm Weidenbrück. Major Wilhelm Weidenbrück (05.02.1915 † 28.04.2011) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on January 2, 1942 with Panzer-Regiment 3, the Ritterkreuz on September 16,1942 as Oberleutnant und Kompaniechef of the 5. Kompanie/ Panzer-Regiment 3 of the 2. Panzer-Division and the Eichenlaub on November 16, 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of Panzer-Brigade 104. Good Condition.

Eichenlaub: Awarded for the successful employment of his brigade in the sector of 5. Jäger-Division on 30.10.1944, fighting at the Narew front at Ostenburg (Pultusk). Following a Soviet breach of the frontline west of the Pelta creek Weidenbrück’s men launched a timely counterattack that restored the old German lines, and 48 Soviet tanks were destroyed/captured in the process.