Germany, Heer. A Lot of Award Documents to Unteroffizier Kurt Trötschel, Grenadier Troops, Knight’s Cross Signatures

(Heer Verleihungsurkunden). A lot of award documents named to Kurt Trötschel, who ranks of Obergefreiter to Unteroffizier between 1943 and 1945, including:

1. One for a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, named to Trötschel as an Obergefreiter of 8. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 185, issued in the field on 30 January 1943, certified by the handwritten signature of then-Generalmajor Werner Richter (later Generalleutnant; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 7 February 1944; KIA in Riga on 3 June 1944), measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), demonstrating some creasing, in better than very fine condition.

2. One for a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, named to Trötschel (mis-spelled as “TRÖTZSCHEL”) as an Obergefreiter of 8. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 185, issued from headquarters on 24 December 1943, certified by the handwritten signature of then-Oberst Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz (later-Generalleutnant; German Cross in Gold, 21 May 1943; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 9 January 1945), measuring 13.5 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), demonstrating some creasing, in better than very fine condition.

3. One for an Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, named to Trötschel as an Unteroffizier of 8. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 187, issued from headquarters on 18 February 1945, certified by the handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Martin Mann (German Cross in Gold, 28 November 1942; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 23 October 1944), measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), accompanied by a certified report of actions on the Eastern Front which earned the badge, measuring 20 cm (w) x 13.5 cm (h), demonstrating some creasing, in better than very fine condition.