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~SOLD~ROMMEL Erwin
ROMMEL, Erwin Johannes Eugen (RK m. EL, Schw. u. Brill.;Plm)
(1891 - 1944)
Generalfeldmarschall:
Born: 15. Nov. 1891 in Heidenheim an der Brenz / Württemberg, near Ulm.
Suicide: 14. Oct. 1944 in Heidenheim, by cyanide, (to avoid trial by People's Court and punishment for his wife and son)
Promotions:
GFM: 22. Jun. 1942; Gen.Obst.: 30. Jan. 1942; Gen.d.Pz.Tr.: 1. Jul. 1941; Gen.Lt.: 1. Jan. 1941; Gen.Maj.: 1. Aug. 1939 (Patent 1. Jun. 1939); Oberst: 1. Aug. 1937; Obstlt.: 1. Mar. 1935; Major: 10. Oct. 1933; Hptm.: Oct. 1917; Oblt.: Sep. 1915; Lt.: 27. Jan. 1912 (Patent, 30. Jan. 1910); Fahnenjunker: 19. Jul. 1910.
Assignments:
Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe "B": 1. Jan. 1944 - 17. Jul. 1944 (received severe head wounds that date when an Allied fighter bomber attacked his staff car).
Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe "Afrika": 1. Jan. 1943 - 9. Mar. 1943.
Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika": 21. Feb. 1942 - Kom.Gen. Panzergruppe "Afrika": 1. Sep. 1941 -
Kom.Gen. Deutschen Afrika Korps: 14. Feb. 1941 -
Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division (HQ: Godesberg/Rhein): 5. Feb. 1940 -
Kdt. Führerhauptquartier: 25. Aug. 1939 - 5. Feb. 1940.
Kdr. Kriegsschule Wiener-Neustadt: 9./10. Nov. 1938 -
Instructor at Kriegsschule Potsdam: 15. Oct. 1935 - 1937.
Instructor at Infantry School, Dresden: 1. Oct. 1929 - 1933.
World War I Service:
Entered service as Fahnenjunker, 19 Jul. 1910. Commissioned Leutnant in Inf.Rgt. 124: 27. Jan. 1912.
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des E.K.: 27. 05. 1940 as Gen.Maj., Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division;
- Eichenlaub (Nr. 10): 30. 03. 1941 as Gen.Lt., Befehlshaber der Deutschen Truppen in Libyen;
-- Schwertern (Nr. 6): 20. 01. 1942 as Gen.Lt., Oberbefehlshaber der Panzer-Gruppe AFrika;
--- Brillanten (Nr. 6): 11. 03. 1943 as GFM, Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe Afrika;
Pour le mérite: 10. 12. 1917 as Oblt., Fhr. Abteilung Rommel i. Württembergische-Gebirgs-Btl.
1939 Spange zum 1914 EK I: 21.05.1940
1939 Spange zum 1914 EK II: 17.05.1940
1914 EK I: 22.03.1915
1914 EK II: 30.09.1914
Wehrmachtbericht: 21.06.1942 & 10.09.1943
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918
Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber
Ärmelband "Afrika"
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen
Silver Medal for Bravery (Italy)
Colonial Order (Italy)
Framed Award Document Signed by Erwin Rommel “The Desert Fox”. Beautifully framed award document authorizing the award of the Spange to the Iron Cross 1st Class, to two officers from Artillery Regiment 221, Major Erwin Schade and Hauptmann der Reserve Artur Unrauh awarded March 1 1942. The document is issued by the Oberkommando der Panzerarmee Afrika and is dated 30 January 1942. It is signed in pencil by Rommel, General der Panzertruppen und Oberbefehlshaber der Panzerarmee Afrika. There are two slight small tears on the left hand side of the document, where it appears that it was torn from a ring binder. This does not detract from the document and certainly no effect on the signature.
Mounted to the left of the document are two postcards of Rommel, one being a colored Willrich card where someone has written his name underneath as well as the comment in German that Rommel is from his home town. The other postcard is a photograph of Rommel with a facsimile signature underneath. Above the photo is an original Spange to the Iron Cross 1st Class, referred to in the document. Below the Willrich card is an original General’s Visor Wreath and Cockade. Below the Rommel related items is a brass plaque inscribed “The Desert Fox Generalfeldmarshall Erwin Rommel 1891-1944
Professionally mounted in a gold colored, oakleave frame measuring 25 ½” by 16”
Superb display piece of one of Germany’s most respected military figures.
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