55th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 1520 lots has ended on 11th June 2023. 83% of all lots sold

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Debus, Heinrich (SS) - Knight's Cross winner photo grouping

Debus, Heinrich (SS) - Knight's Cross winner photo grouping

LOT 67-0471
SOLD
Auction ended        10th June 2023  |  07:13 pm CEST
RESULT
1.200,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 22,50 %

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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
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LOT 67-0471
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LOT 67-0471
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 2000000753515
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
LOT 67-0471
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000753515
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

An excellent and very rare grouping to SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich Debus serving with 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking". Knight's Cross winner on 4. May 1944. Also awarded the German Cross in Gold and Close Combat Clasp in Bronze.

16 excellent Waffen-SS photos, showing him mainly with the Knight's Cross. 

Two postwar photos. Taken during an SS veteran meeting (around 1955/1960). SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille can also be seen in both photos.

Portrait photo of SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille. Hand-signed (postwar) by him on the back. Dated "10. July 1947". Postcard size.

HJ membership card to SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich Debus. Issued on 16. April 1934. Original applied photo.

POW certificate of discharge. Dated "4. July 1946".

Two Waffen-SS promotion documents and three other contemporary documents.

Signs of use. Overall condition 2.


Condition
2