SS Award Certificate - Infanterie Sturmabzeichen

[Yellow3]

Hi,

This certificate is named to an SS-Rottenfuhrer and ink stamped "Stamm Battr. I/SS-Art. Ausb. u. Ers. Rgt." A field award in 1944...

I would be grateful for your opinons on this one, please.

Many thanks,
J.

[Paul D]

What is the paper like it looks like card !!

[Yellow3]

Hi Paul,
It is paper (holding breath now after the result of the EK1 certificate...)
Thanks for your help on these
Cheers,
J.

[Datrus]

Looks a bit "funky". However it looks like the stamp is actually stamped onto the paper. Could be a fake stamp. Lot's of them "Made in Poland".

Wait for more opinions

Regards, Lars

[HPL2008]

I am not an expert on award documents, but one thing that strikes me as odd is that a Hauptsturmführer [i.e. a Captain] should be a regimental commander.

If it were just a temporary assignment as acting commander due to losses or transfers of the higher-ups, he would be referred to as "Regimentsführer"; a "Regimentskommandeur" was the regular, appointed commander.

(Sorry, I don't have any reference material on this regiment, so I cannot make a statement on who its commander was at the time in question.)

[Paul D]

Andreas makes a good point even in a Field unit the Regiment would have to be decimated for a Hauptsturmfuhrer to be the Regimental Commander and even then would almost certainly be referred to as Regimentsführer until a Regimental Commander was appointed!!

SS-Artillerie-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Regiment (Prag) , this unit was as seen stationed in Praque as was a Training and replacement unit so would have been commanded by an SS Obersturmbannfuhrer or above , another fakers mistake !!

[Frundsberg]

Stamp seems to be average fake from Poland. The only good thing they have is a real pre 1945 typewriter with SS sign.

[Datrus]

So my "Made in Poland" theory was most likely not far off the target. Good work guys

Regards, Lars

[Yellow3]

OK, thanks guys. Excellent unravelling of the creation of this thing. I had doubts about this and the EK1 one, hence my posting.

It's amazing how much knowledge and experience resides among the membership of this forum...an inspiringly helpful community!

[Paul D]

The paper is very similar to many fakes that arrived in the UK from Poland 3 or 4 years ago hence my asking about it !!