Item: ONSV3907
Original German WWII Wehrmacht Brothers Award Documents with Medal and Wehrpass
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Original Items: One-of-a-kind Set. This collection belonged to brothers Josef Burger and Xaver Burger and is comprised of an Award Document for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, together with the medal and ribbon, named to Obergefreiten Xaver Burger, Stabskompanie III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 (Luftwaffe Stuka Squadron).
His brother Joseph Burger is named in a nice citation to their father, Ernst Burger, confirming his son's death and returning his Wehrpass (also included) showing his unit as 7./Jager Regt.207 and a killed-in-action date of December 8th, 1943 (12.8.43) at Mekerstuk.
All items offered in very good to excellent condition.
The War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz) was a decoration of NSDAP Germany during the Second World War, which could be awarded to military personnel and civilians alike. By the end of the war it was issued in four degrees, and had a related civil decoration. It was created by Adolf AH in October 1939 as a successor to the non-combatant Iron Cross which was used in earlier wars. The award was graded the same as the Iron Cross: War Merit Cross Second Class, War Merit Cross First Class, and Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross. The award had two variants: with swords given to soldiers for exceptional service "not in direct connection with combat", and without swords for meritorious service to civilians in "furtherance of the war effort". As with the Iron Cross, Recipients had to have the lower grade of the award before getting the next level.
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