Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A German Second World War group pertaining to Unteroffizier Hans Sieverding, 1/Infantry Regiment 25, together with a most impressive Russian Front presentation photograph album

Germany, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, maker’s mark ‘84’ to suspension ring; Wound Badge in Black, maker marked L/16 (Steinhauser & Luck) to reverse, with original pin, hook and hinge, good very fine (2) £240-£280

Sold with the the award document for the Wound Badge, dated Koblenz, 20 December 1941; a fine original ‘presentation type’ photograph album, A4 size, black imitation crocodile skin cover with large embossed silver Wehrmacht eagle at the top and ‘1/Infantry Regiment 25’ silver blocked at the base, the inside containing various printed pages of German military history, followed by 72 b/w photographs, mostly 5in x 3in and extremely clear, the majority depicting the recipient’s wartime service on the Russian front; and three shooting books for the P08, K98, and the Machine-gun, dated 1938-39.