{"product_id":"a-document-group-to-lieutenant-colonel-erich-kisse-commander-of-security-regiment-603-g32472","title":"A Document Group To Lieutenant Colonel Erich Kiße; Commander Of Security Regiment 603","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Wehrpaß (105x145mm, near extremely fine). It is dated to \u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_2106743261\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003eApril 15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1937. It also includes a confirmation receipt for an unknown item, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edischarge papers, dated to Berlin on September 22, 1944.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class (139x199mm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eextremely fine) to Major Kiße. The document is dated to June 26, 1940 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand signed in blue ink by Lieutenant General and Commander of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e218th Infantry Division, Woldemar Freiherr Grote (1877–1957).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class (140x199mm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eextremely fine). It is identical to the certificate for the Clasp to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Iron Cross 1st Class, except that it is dated to June 21, 1940.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA handwritten certificate for the Iron Cross 1st Class (1914) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(208x164mm, better than very fine) to Lieutenant Kiße of the Infantry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegiment 48 of 5th Infantry Division. The document is dated to August \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e27, 1916. The signature is indecipherable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA travel passport (109x163mm, very fine). It states that Kiße is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrussian citizen. The document is dated to June 29, 1927 and valid for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Hungarian War Service Commemorative Medal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(205x309mm, very fine) to retired Captain of the Reserve Kiße, former \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSenior Lieutenant and Company Leader of Infantry Regiment 48 in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAustrian 70th Infantry Brigade. It is medal no. 242609. The document \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis dated to April 18, 1936. The signature is indecipherable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the German Rider’s Badge in Bronze (16 p., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e163x237mm, extremely fine). It contains the rules and regulation to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eobtain it. Kiße underwent the tests on April 22, 1939. The decoration \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas awarded in Berlin on May 16, 1940.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA personalised First War commemorative certificate (177x251mm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eextremely fine) to Captain of the Reserve Kiße of Reserve Infantry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegiment 1\/48, 2nd Company, 10th Company, 1st Machine Gun Company. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edocument states which decorations he received: Iron Cross 2nd and 1st \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClass, House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, Wound Badge in Black, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand Hindenburg Cross. It reads: In masculin remembrance \/ in memory of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe dead, \/ who died as holy seedlings, \/ shall this be \/ an honouring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ememorial sign \/ for the fighter \/ of the great World War \/ Erich Kiße.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFootnote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErich Kiße (sometimes spelled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-7589359024705752000gmail-il\"\u003eKisse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) was born on January 4, 1881 in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGüstebiese, modern day Gozdowice at the border of Poland and Germany. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe lived and worked in Berlin as a building engineer. Kiße joined the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImperial Prussian Army on October 1, 1904. He was promoted to NCO on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 2, 1905, to Vizefeldwebel (Vice Sergeant) on April 25, 1906, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand to Lieutenant of the Reserve on November 16, 1910. With the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeginning of the First War, Kiße served on the Western Front. Here, he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-7589359024705752000gmail-aBn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-7589359024705752000gmail-aQJ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_2106743262\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003eSeptember 20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and received an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einjury to the shoulder on December 15, 1914, of which the details are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunknown. In 1915 and 1916, Kiße served on the Eastern Front, where he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas promoted to Senior Lieutenant of the Reserve on April 30, 1916, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand won an Iron Cross 1st Class on August 27, 1916. In 1917, he was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eredeployed to the Western Front again where he would remain for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erest of the war. Kiße received a Wound Badge in Black on May 20, 1918 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand suffered gas poisoning on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-7589359024705752000gmail-aBn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-7589359024705752000gmail-aQJ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_2106743263\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003eOctober 17\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Shortly after, on November \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1, he was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the House Order of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHohenzollern with Swords. After the war, Kiße was discharged on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecember 20, 1920, but must have been kept on as an officer of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereserve or a similar position, as he was promoted to Captain on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember 27, 1922. There is no information about his career during the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erest of the 1920s or indeed most of the 1930s. Kiße received his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epromotion to Major on January 1, 1939. With the outbreak of the Second \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWar, he participated in the attack on Poland as the Commander of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment 386. After Poland surrendered, he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estayed as part of the occupational forces. In June of 1940, Kiße and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis unit were redeployed to the Western Front to fight the French. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce more, after victory was achieved, he remained for the occupation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKiße distinguished himself during this campaign, earning the Clasp to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Iron Cross 2nd Class on June 21, 1940, and the Clasp of the Iron \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCross 1st Class only \u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_2106743264\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003efive days later\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. The next chapter for Kiße and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis unit was a short spell of helping in securing Denmark from March \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto June of 1941. In June, he became Commander of Infantry Replacement \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegiment 603 with which he was tasked to help in securing Poland until \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarch of 1942. Following this, he was briefly stationed in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNetherlands as Commander of Security Regiment 603 in Security Brigade \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e202 until May. Kiße was then placed in the Leader Reserve of Military \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDistrict III (Berlin) until November. With his reactivation, he was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeployed to the securing forces in Norway and served on Fortress \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSapper Staff 4 until June of 1944. During this time, Kiße was promoted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto Lieutenant Colonel on March 1, 1943. After this assignment, he was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplaced in the Leader Reserve again, before finally being retired on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 20, 1944.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46120666857749,"sku":"G32472","price":565.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/bb_4574.jpg?v=1692871199","url":"https:\/\/www.emedals.com\/products\/a-document-group-to-lieutenant-colonel-erich-kisse-commander-of-security-regiment-603-g32472","provider":"eMedals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}