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Important grouping to Oberstleutnant Horst von Petersdorff. Knight's Cross winner.
Horst von Petersdorff was born on 30.12.1892 in Posen. He served in WWI and was awarded several times. After the war he joined the Freikorps and already in 1925 the SA. NSDAP number 20736. At the beginning of the WWII he commanded the 3./Bataillon Infanterie-Regiment 189 and was involved in the French Campaign. On 29. June 1940 the Knight's Cross was awarded by Adolf Hitler to him. In July 1944, von Petersdorff was arrested in connection with the assassination attempt of 20. July 1944. In December 1944 he was acquitted by the Volksgerichtshof. Nevertheless, he was imprisoned in the Concentration Camp Buchenwald as a "Sonderhäftling" (special prisoner). On 30. April 1945 he was released together with over 140 prisoners in South Tyrol.
Certificate to Hamburg Hanseatic Cross. Issued on 29. April 1918. Folded.
Certificate to Württemberg Friedrich Order, Commander Cross 2nd Class. Issued on 25. May 1912. Original signed. Folded.
Certificate to Clasp to 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class. Issued on 8. June 1940. Signed by Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper (Knight's Cross winner). Minor stains.
Certificate to Clasp to 1939 Iron Cross 1nd Class. Issued on 9. June 1940. Signed by Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper (Knight's Cross winner). Minor stains.
Certificate to 1939 Knight Cross of the Iron Cross. Issued on 29. June 1940. Signed by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Knight Cross winner). Well used.
Two membership certificates to Order of Saint John of the Hospital at Jerusalem. Issued on 23. June 1927 and 5. December 1954.
One page from the newspaper "Berchtesgadener Anzeiger", dated 15. October 1941. This period time report on Major von Petersdorff describes his military career very well. Folded and one crack.
Period time portrait photography of Hermann Göring in folder. Size: 17x23 cm.
Excellent period time group photography of four Knight Cross winners. Including Major von Petersdorff. Size: 18x12.5 cm.
"Songbook" crafted by Stab Reserve-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 1. Dated "Kriegsweihnachten 1942 in Frankreich". The book was a present to Major von Petersdorff. Size: 29.5x40.0 cm. Signs of use.
Birthday card of General der Gebirgstruppen a. D. Rudolf Konrad (Knight's Cross winner). Dated "Munich, March 1961". Original signed by him. Postwar.
Roughly 49 white cardboard cards. Each card with a gilded national eagle of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland to the front. The edges are also gilded. Size each card: 10.5x4.3 cm. Original red cardboard box of issue. Two cracks to the bottom. Postwar.
Furthermore nine period time documents and one large-size folder (43.0x35.5 cm). Some documents were pasted into the folder. Please see pictures for more details.
Good condition.