Description
Set of docs and awards issue an Oberleutnant, Lieutenant of the Spanish Blue Division.
He began his military career by joining the 1st Flag of the Falange of Leon as a volunteer on August 24, 1936 and fought throughout the Spanish Civil War on the National side, passing through the 4th Flag of the Falange of Asturias and reaching the rank of Provisional Lieutenant. of Infantry.
In July 1941 he volunteered for the Blue Division as a Cavalry Officer and was transferred to Grafenwöhr for two months of training. After a long march on foot he reaches the front where he “presents forward
services” on the Volkhov river until he is wounded by shrapnel at the end of May and is transferred to a Riga hospital. In June he returns to Spain where he is decorated for his services.
There is more detailed information in his Service Sheet.
The set consists of:
– Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal
– Red Military Merit Cross with two bars
– Blue Division Medal German version
– Medal of the Blue Division Spanish, Officer’s version, made in three pieces.
– Medal of the First Winter in Russia. Ostmedaille 1941-42
– Cross of the Order of San Hermenegildo
– Breast star of the Order of San Hermenegildo
– Breast star of the Cross of War
– German Wounded Badge, black version
– German Infantry Assault Badge, silver version
– Distinction of Military Teachers
– Distinctive of the Motoring School. numbered
– Ribbons war
– Award document of the Blue Division Medal, German version. February 1945. Signed by General Lindemann.
– Award document of the Winter War Medal. Ostmedaille 1941-42. February 1945.
– Award document of the German Wounded Badge, black version. 1942.
– Award document of the War Cross in the Russian campaign. Signed by General Agustín Muñoz Grandes. 1942
– Award document of two Military Merit Crosses with Red Distinction and a War Cross during the Civil War. Levante Army, Galician Army Corps. Division 58. 1939.
– Award document of the Red Cross for Military Merit during the Russian campaign. Signed by General Agustín Muñoz Grandes. 1942.
– Provisional certificate, Bescheinigung, belonging to the Blue Division. 1942.
– Photograph in uniform dated in Riga in 1942.
– Photograph from the 1960s with the Commander’s uniform wearing the medals.
– Official Copy of the Service Sheet.
All documents bear the name of the officer but are hidden in the photographs
