{"product_id":"an-extensive-document-group-to-ace-group-commander-fassong-with-47-victories-g30722","title":"An Extensive Document Group To Ace \u0026 Group Commander Fassong With 47 Victories","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA outstanding and comprehensive document collection attributed to flying ace Captain \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, consisting of 11 award documents, 47 aerial victory confirmations, two letters to his wife after he had gone missing in action, two photos of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and a picture of three wing insignia drawings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA preliminary certificate of ownership for the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, measuring 148x209mm, mint condition. It is made out to Captain Horst von \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe document states that the Knight’s Cross was awarded on July 27, 1944. It is dated to Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe on August 3, 1944, and signed in black ink by Knight’s Cross recipient Colonel Dr. Gottlieb Wolff (1897–1971).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe to Senior Lieutenant \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e, measuring 211x297mm, extremely fine condition with minor age spots and a small hole at the top. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is dated to the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe on August 31, 1943, and carries a facsimile of Hermann Göring’s signature. It is authenticated in blue crayon by the Luftwaffe Personnel Department and Colonel General, the same man who authenticated the German Cross in Gold certificate. The name is indecipherable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Honour List of the German Luftwaffe, listing those that received the Honour Goblet. 4 pages, measuring 211x295mm, extremely fine with minimal fraying and some age discolouration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSenior Lieutenant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is mentioned as a pilot of a fighter wing. The document is dated to Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe on September 20, 1943, and carries a facsimile of the signature of Hermann Göring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the German Cross in Gold to Senior Lieutenant \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e, measuring 254x356mm, near mint condition with folding crease. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is dated to Headquarters on October 17, 1943, and carries a facsimile of the signature of Hermann Göring. It is authenticated in blue ink by a Colonel General, the same man who authenticated the Honour Goblet certificate. The name is indecipherable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Iron Cross 1st Class to Senior Lieutenant \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e, measuring 140x200mm, extremely fine condition with some discolouration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is dated to Luftwaffe Command Headquarters on November 23, 1942, and signed in blue ink by the Commanding General and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe Command East, Pour le Merite and Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords recipient General der Flieger Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Front Flying Clasp for Fighter Pilots in Gold, measuring 148x209mm, mint condition. Senior Lieutenant \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e is part of the 3rd Squadron of Wing “Mölders”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe document is dated to Ortsunterkunft (local quarters) on October 17, 1942. This was done when the actual position had to be kept a secret, in case the document should fall into the wrong hands. It is signed in blue ink by a Major and Wing Commander. The signature is indecipherable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Front Flying Class for Jäger in Silver, measuring 149x209mm, mint condition. \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e is a Senior Lieutenant and part of the 3rd Squadron in the Fighter Wing “Mölders”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe document is dated to Ortsunterkunft (local quarters) on June 22, 1942. It is signed in blue ink by a Captain and acting Wing Commander. The signature is indecipherable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Front Flying Clasp for Jäger (Fighter Pilots) in Bronze, measuring 149x210mm, near mint condition with faint folding creases. \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e is a Lieutenant in the 1st Group of Fighter Wing 51. The document is dated to command post on October 3, 1941, and signed in blue ink by Knight’s Cross recipient Major and Wing Commander Friedrich Beckh (1908–1942).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, measuring 140x206mm, extremely fine condition with some age spots. \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e is identified as a Lieutenant of the 1st Group of the Fighter Wing 51. The document is dated to command post on July 18, 1941. It is signed in black ink by the Commanding General of the 2nd Flying Corps, Pour le Merite and Knight’s Cross recipient Colonel General Bruno Loerzer (1891–1960).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Wound Badge in Silver, measuring 155x220mm, near mint condition with minor signs of aging. \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e is a Lieutenant of the 3rd Squadron in the 1st Group of Fighter Wing 51 “Mölders”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt says that he’s only been wounded once, which usually will get a soldier a Wound Badge in Black. Seeing that this is the next class, Silver, the injury must have been severe. It might have been the take-off accident in which he was seriously injured (see his biography below for details).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe injury was received on August 28, 1941. The document is dated to “in the field” on March 1, 1942, and signed in blue ink by Knight’s Cross recipient Captain and Group Commander Wilhelm Hachfeld (1914–1942).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA large promotion certificate, measuring 254x354mm, very fine condition with fraying and minor tears on the right side. It states that Lieutenant of the Luftwaffe Horst von \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e has been promoted to Senior Lieutenant as of April 1, 1942. It is dated to Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe on March 26, 1942, and carries a facsimile of the signature of Hermann Göring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA certificate for the Eastern Front Medal, measuring 140x199mm, mint condition. Senior Lieutenant \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e is part of the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Group in the Wing 51. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe document is dated to August 20, 1942, and signed in blue ink by Knight’s Cross recipient Captain and Squadron Leader Heinz Lange (1917–2006).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e47 aerial victory confirmations. They are all issued by the Luftwaffe Personnel Department, and later the Supreme Command of the Luftwaffe. They are dated to Berlin, the first few between March 17 and November 4, 1942, the majority between October 25 and November 8, 1944. Three were signed by a Staff Captain, his name is indecipherable. All the others are signed by one person, no rank or position is given, the signature is indecipherable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe information contains the unit \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e was part of, the type of plane he shot down, the date and time, and the victory number of the squadron. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo victories are confirmed for the 3rd Squadron of Fighter Wing 51, one victory for the 1st Squadron, and all other victories for the 10th\/13th Squadron, which is the same Squadron that was renamed at some point. The last document confirms the 437th aerial victory of that Squadron. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe planes that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shot down during this time are all Soviet planes: JL\/IL - 2 m.H. (19), LAGG - 5 (5), LAGG - 3 (5), IL - 4 (5), Douglas “Boston” (4), PE - 2 (3), Mig-3 (2), JAK - 1 (1), J-16 (1), J 61 (1), Bell P-39 “Airacobra” (1).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo letters to \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e’s wife; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first letter is dated to Ortsunterkunft (local quarters) on January 9, 1945, and written and signed in blue ink by German Cross in Gold recipient Colonel and Division Commander Gotthard Handrick (1908–1978). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe letter informs Mrs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that her husband has not returned from his latest assignment, and that his fate is unknown. Handrick praises \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a particularly valuable comrade, whom he had already recommended for an early promotion to Major. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe asks her to keep believing that her husband will return, and to seek comfort in her and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s child. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second letter was sent by the District Leader of Weilheim and Starnberg. The name is indecipherable. It is dated to January 18, 1945, and addressed to Feldafing (southern Bavaria). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe asks her to not give up hope that her husband might one day come home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo pictures of \u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e. The first one measures 64x96mm, near mint condition. It shows him at the rank of Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant), which is discernable by his collar tabs. He wears the Knight’s Cross, as well as the German Cross, among other awards. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second photo shows him after his 400th combat flight. The man on the right holds the rank of Captain. It might be his squadron or group commander, possibly fighter ace and recipient of the Knight’s Cross Josef Fözö (1912–1979). The man on the left presumably is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s radio operator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe three drawings show the insignia of the Fighter Wing 51 “Mölders”, of the 1st Group of that Wing, and of the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Group. The piece of paper measures 273x196mm, mint condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was part of the 3rd Squadron in the 1st Group in 1941\/42 (see his Wound Badge certificate).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFootnote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHorst-Günther von \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_-1511747572101351992gmail-il\"\u003eFassong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1919–1945) was a highly decorated flying ace. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross (for achieving 100 aerial victories), the German Cross in Gold, the Front Flying Clasp in Gold, and the Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe. The exact number of his aerial victories is unknown, however he is usually credited with about 136.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was initially a member of the Army, but joined the Luftwaffe in 1940 to become a pilot. After his first two aerial victories, he was seriously injured in a take-off accident. After recovering, he went back into the cockpit and made Squadron Captain of the 10th Squadron of Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wing) 51 in 1943. The pilots of the Jagdgeschwader 51 won more aerial victories than any other Jagdgeschwader. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn March of 1944 he became the Commander of the 3rd Group of the Fighter Wing 11.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn New Year’s Day 1945 his plane was shot down over the Maastricht (Netherlands) area during Operation Bodenplatte (Baseplate), an ultimately failed effort to gain air superiority during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front. He was proclaimed missing in action and eventually pronounced dead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46120326758677,"sku":"G30722","price":25000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/f_495_1.jpg?v=1692869494","url":"https:\/\/www.emedals.com\/products\/an-extensive-document-group-to-ace-group-commander-fassong-with-47-victories-g30722","provider":"eMedals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}