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Estate of 15 medals and insignia of SS-Obersturmbannführer Gustav Knittel, born 27.11.1914 in Neu-Ulm, died 30.06.1976 in Ulm 1st Knight's Cross with jump ring (stamped 800 and 65), manufacturer Klein & Quenzer, Knight's Cross stamped 800, awarded on 04.06.1944, mint condition. 2. close combat clasp in gold, awarded on 04.06.1944, tarnished 3rd German Cross in Gold for SS (gray cloth) 4. wounded badge in silver 5. 2x wounded badge in gold, manufacturer 26 6. Iron Cross 2nd class, ring and ribbon missing 7. 2x Iron Cross 1st class, one of which is a Schinkel piece (magnetic), both on pin 8. war merit cross with swords, 2nd class, on ribbon 9th SA sports badge in bronze, reverse with manufacturer Bonner Kunstabz. Bedarf Bonn/Rh. and number 80045 and "Eigentum d. Chefs d. Ausbildungswesens" 10th Sudeten medal on ribbon 11. badge Reichsparteitag in Nuremberg 1933, pin improperly re-soldered 12. brass badge with inscription "Unserem verehrtem KP Chef zum 28. Geburtstag - Seine 3. A.A. / L. SS A.H." (3rd Reconnaissance Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler), length: 9 cm 13th Reich Sports Badge 3rd model DRL with swastika, fabric version in gold enclosed certificate of authenticity of the son Dr. Bruno Knittel dated 18.05.2024 and certificate of inheritance issued on 28.10.1976. see also literature "Schnelle Gruppe Knittel" and "Gustav Knittel" (both by Timo R. Worst) Chief of the heavy company of the reconnaissance section of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the French campaign. Combat missions in the Balkan campaign and in Greece as well as against the Soviet Union. June 1944 commander of the SS field battalion of the LSSAH in France, from Nov. 1944 SS-Obersturmbannführer Schnelle Gruppe Knittel or Kampgruppe Knittel. Sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes in 1946. Pardoned in 1953, see also illustrations from "Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold" by Florian Becker 2004. limit 20000,-

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Estate of 15 medals and insignia of SS-Obersturmbannführer Gustav Knittel, born 27.11.1914 in Neu-Ulm, died 30.06.1976 in Ulm 1st Knight's Cross with jump ring (stamped 800 and 65), manufacturer Klein & Quenzer, Knight's Cross stamped 800, awarded on 04.06.1944, mint condition. 2. close combat clasp in gold, awarded on 04.06.1944, tarnished 3rd German Cross in Gold for SS (gray cloth) 4. wounded badge in silver 5. 2x wounded badge in gold, manufacturer 26 6. Iron Cross 2nd class, ring and ribbon missing 7. 2x Iron Cross 1st class, one of which is a Schinkel piece (magnetic), both on pin 8. war merit cross with swords, 2nd class, on ribbon 9th SA sports badge in bronze, reverse with manufacturer Bonner Kunstabz. Bedarf Bonn/Rh. and number 80045 and "Eigentum d. Chefs d. Ausbildungswesens" 10th Sudeten medal on ribbon 11. badge Reichsparteitag in Nuremberg 1933, pin improperly re-soldered 12. brass badge with inscription "Unserem verehrtem KP Chef zum 28. Geburtstag - Seine 3. A.A. / L. SS A.H." (3rd Reconnaissance Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler), length: 9 cm 13th Reich Sports Badge 3rd model DRL with swastika, fabric version in gold enclosed certificate of authenticity of the son Dr. Bruno Knittel dated 18.05.2024 and certificate of inheritance issued on 28.10.1976. see also literature "Schnelle Gruppe Knittel" and "Gustav Knittel" (both by Timo R. Worst) Chief of the heavy company of the reconnaissance section of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the French campaign. Combat missions in the Balkan campaign and in Greece as well as against the Soviet Union. June 1944 commander of the SS field battalion of the LSSAH in France, from Nov. 1944 SS-Obersturmbannführer Schnelle Gruppe Knittel or Kampgruppe Knittel. Sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes in 1946. Pardoned in 1953, see also illustrations from "Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold" by Florian Becker 2004. limit 20000,-

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