SMGN-0099 Harry Schlingmann signature knights cross winner X2

$60.00

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Description

Not an Easy signature to find at the moment. 4×6 reprint  with an authentic Post war signature in blue and a second in black directly under it.

Schlingmann, Harry

Date of birth:
March 5th, 1915 (Veltenhof/Braunschweig, Germany)
Date of death:
November 16th, 2005 (Braunschweig, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Sturm-Pionier-Bataillon 51
Awarded on:
January 6th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
Kommandeur Pionier-Bataillon 112
Awarded on:
February 14th, 1944

Awarded for actions in the Cherkassy pocket. Here he distinguished himself through his personal leading of numerous counterattacks that time and again managed to stabilize critical situations following hard close combat. It was due to Schlingmann and his men alone that a Soviet breakthrough near Boguslaw was prevented.

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
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