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03-06-2013 05:32 PM
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Re: Stalingrad German Cross winner uniform grouping
Grenadier Regiment 517 was indeed destroyed at Stalingrad...I'm assuming the officer didn't make it...Fantastic grouping!
cheers, Glenn
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Re: Stalingrad German Cross winner uniform grouping
Very nice Klaus , Classen was awarded the RK on 29/1/43 , was captured at Stalingrad and died in a Soviet POW Camp on 26/41943 !! Grenadier Regt 517 was part of the 295 Infanterie Division.
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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Re: Stalingrad German Cross winner uniform grouping
As far as i know the units of 295 ID were fighting in the area of the City Centre south of the Mamayev Kurgan and the Factory district during Jan 1943 up until the surrender.
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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Re: Stalingrad German Cross winner uniform grouping
I just got more information on Datz from a fellow collector. I really appreciate his help. Here you go:
He was born in June 8th, 1919 in Werfen Austria. In Feb. 1940 he was a squad leader in the 6th company of IR 517 of the 295th ID, they took part in the invasion of France in 1940 and then were moved to southern Poland and fought with Armee Group Sud, converted to Grenadier Rgt. 517 in 1942. The unit was effectively destroyed in the pocket and was reformed in Norway spending the rest of the War there. He is reported as KIA/MIA in Stalingrad the day after he was awarded the DKiG, 31 January, 1943.
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Re: Stalingrad German Cross winner uniform grouping
i just wanted to mention that one tunic is an austrian conversion, so most likely he was an austrian ;-)
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Re: Stalingrad German Cross winner uniform grouping
A very nice grouping Klaus!
Congratulations!
Ralph.
Searching for anything relating to, Anton Boos, 934 Stamm. Kp. Pz. Erz. Abt. 7, 3 Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16th Panzer-Division (My father)
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