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I will not split this grouping up!

I would imagine his Soldbuch & WP are somewhere, but what we have here is a full comprehensive grouping to one man, with an expertise and guarantee from Carsten Blades.

There is a small photo of Unteroffizier Wilhelm Schreiber In uniform, plus a large (ish) coloured drawing of him when he was a small child dated 1924, and the resemblance is striking

Awards and certificates included in this grouping are:

Russian Front Medal issued 26^th July 1942

War merit cross 2^nd class with packet signed by the commander of the 32^nd infantry Division Major General  Wilhelm Wegener Knights Cross awarded 27^th October 1941 and swords 1th September 1944. Wegener was killed in action whilst driving back to his command post via a hedgerow attack

Demjanansk Shield issued to Unteroffizier Wilhelm Schreiber of the Verwaltungs – komp JD Issued 31^st December 1943 and signed by Walter von Brockdorff- Amlefeld

Black wound Badge serving with 3/pioneer battalion dated 1944 signed by Battalion commander

General assault Badge issued in the field  9^th September signed by Battalion Commander Captain Kurt Schmidt

Driver Badge in Bronze issued in the field 27^th September 1944

Iron Cross 2^nd class serving with 3 Pioneer Battalion 2 issued in the field signed by the commander of the 32^nd Infantry Division Generalleutnant Hans Karl August Boeckh-Behrens – Knights Cross holder awarded 9^th November. On 8^th May 1945 he was captured at Hela, and went into captivity and died nearly 10 years later still in a camp at Wolkowo.

It’s not often such a large group appears on the market, as most have been sold off individually by various dealers to maximise their profit. I’m glad I had the opportunity to purchase it complete, and the collector paid a hefty price for it way back.