Stalingrad Related Grouping

**hucks216** · 06-28-2009, 05:33 PM

Hi all,
I'm new to this forum but use the same username on various other forums.
Just thought that for my first post I would share my Stalingrad related citation grouping to a member of Infantry Rgt 577 of 305 Infantry Division. He received the Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, BWB & EK at Stalingrad during the assault on the Barrikady Gun Factory region of the city. If you look at the citation for the Wound Badge in Gold you will notice that he was injured 3 times in a 3 day period during this fighting. The EK citation is signed by Kurt Oppenlander who was replaced as Commander of 305 ID during the fighting.
Interestingly, as a quirk, you will notice that during the later fighting in Italy he was injured on a rare day - the 29th Feb!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 06-28-2009 05:33 PM

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**Paul D** · 06-28-2009, 06:01 PM

Welcome to the forum , a very nice grouping to Stalingrad

Those three wounds during the Barrikady fighting probably got him out of Stalingrad , one of the lucky ones !!

regards

Paul

**Stewy S** · 06-28-2009, 06:14 PM

Welcome Hucks,nice to see you here mate. A very nice group,i'm jealous

. "I was out your way at Africa Alive" today. Stewy S

**Stewy S** · 06-28-2009, 06:26 PM

Hucks,is the ISA doc A4 size? Stewy S

**hucks216** · 06-28-2009, 06:31 PM

by Stewy S

Hucks,is the Infanterie Sturmabzeichen doc A4 size? Stewy S

No, it's the standard A5 size.

**Stewy S** · 06-28-2009, 07:00 PM

I see it now i've just enlarged it & it says A5 on the bottom

. Stewy S

**Justin P** · 06-28-2009, 07:01 PM

Hello Hucks

Welcome to the Forum, That's one Juicy Group. Lovely Piece of History. Congrats

**hucks216** · 06-28-2009, 07:04 PM

I've just noticed that he didn't exactly progress much after Stalingrad - he was a Unteroffizier in October 1942 and was still the same in March 1945! I wonder how much the wounds hindered his promotion chances? Unfortunately there was no wehrpass/soldbuch with this grouping so we shall probably never know.