Document of an Waffen-SS Waterfinder

[Reibert]

Hi !

There was´nt an "Division Deutschland".

In fact, there was an "Regiment Deutschland" !

[Paul D]

Reibert according to books i have from Swords Winner and Commander of the Das Reich Aufk Abt , Kampfgruppe Das Reich and the Der Fuhrer Regt SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Otto Weidinger who has written all the Div histories of the Divison it was called SS Division Deutschland between 1/12/1940 and 21/12/1940 before becoming SS Division Reich , i guess he'd know

Regt Deustchland and Regt Germania were the first Infanterie units of the SS VT in 1933- 1935 with the DF joining in 1938.

Germania was transferred to form the carde of Wiking.

cheers

Paul

[Reibert]

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Must be my eyes is it V or D on the stamp !!!

Hi !

It´s a "V", you can see on the seal !

BTW, wanna show you another document of this soldier:

[Paul D]

Yes i can see it now Reibert a V it is. as i say a very nice early doc and Hausser signature

[Paul D]

Another interesting doc where the unit is a Kampfgruppe. Do you know much about his wartime history , he won the EKII in 1940 but didn't get wounded till 1945 , if he had been with Das Reich all that time he was one lucky soldier !!!

[Reibert]

Another interesting doc where the unit is a Kampfgruppe. Do you know much about his wartime history , he won the EKII in 1940 but didn't get wounded till 1945 , if he had been with Das Reich all that time he was one lucky soldier !!!

I do not know, if you are registrated in the "gunboards" ?

There you can see a lot of pic´s of this veteran´s wartime and you can read the story, how this soldier won the Iron Cross:

Waffen-SS recon in Spain - Gunboard's Forums

Cheer´s,

R.

[Paul D]

Thanks for the link Reibert , very interesting information, it sounds like a super photo album , i'm not registered over there could you post the photos of Fritz Vogt and Wim Brandt ?

cheers

Paul

[Reibert]

Thanks for the link Reibert , very interesting information, it sounds like a super photo album , i'm not registered over there could you post the photos of Fritz Vogt and Wim Brandt ?

cheers

Paul

Here´re the images:
You can see Kämpfe, Dr. Wim Brandt, Fritz Vogt and Otto Weidinger.

The day of this parade was August 11th, 1940

Location was the town of Culemborg, Province Gelderland, Netherlands.

Rgds.,

R.

[Paul D]

Wow Reibert exceptional photos my friend

Have seen some photos of the parade before but mostly just of Weidinger and Wim Brandt, to see early photos of Fritz Vogt is very good

Which one is Helmt Kämpfe ?

[Paul D]

Is Johann one of the guys being awarded the EK II ?