A 1942 Wehrpaß To Karl Hugo; First War Air Observer & Iron Cross 1St Class Recipient Auction Archive extremely fine with period ribbon

extremely fine with period ribbon

A King's South Africa Medal to the Royal Sussex Regiment - Edward VII (3750 Pte

light contact and soiling evident on the belt from active use

Military Merit

1901 after exmatriculating form the Infantry Academy in Prague

A 1942 Wehrpaß To Karl Hugo; First War Air Observer & Iron Cross 1St Class Recipient Auction Archive extremely fine with period ribbonMeasuring 105x147mm, near mint condition. It is dated to May 18, 1942. Footnote: Karl Hugo Wittneben was born in 1890 in Basbeck an der Oste (today part of Hemmoor, Lower Saxony). He was an engineer and married to Annemarie Wittneben. They lived in Hamburg. Wittneben was first drafted in 1914 as part of the Uhlan Regiment 14. Between December 1914 and May 1917 Wittneben served in the Snow Shoe Battalion Munich, the predecessor of the Second World War