SMGP-1454 August Krakow general major signature(s) War time
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Army – Original Signature of Knight’s Cross Recipient Generalmajor August Krakau, Commander of the 7. Gebirgs-Division
On a presumably war time unit-issued portrait postcard, with very fine ink signature “Krakau Generalmajor”, written on the front and “August Krakau faintly signed on the back.
August Krakau (September 12, 1894 – January 7, 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 7th Mountain Division. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
- Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 June 1941 as Oberst and commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85 [1]
References
Citations
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 223.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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