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Re: BKA list

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Post by Bergmolch » 04 Jun 2007, 12:54

polux wrote:Hi Klemen,

Here are 5 new holders for your list :

Leutnant Wilhelm Koch (Div. Aufkl. Abt. 55, 1. Kosaken Division) BKA Bronze 03.02.1945
SS-Sturmmann Johannes Borowetz (Waffen-Geb. (Karst) Jäger-Rgt. SS-Nr 59) BKA Bronze 30.01.1945
Oberwachtmeister d. Sch. d. Res. Erich Schacht (Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei Ukraine) BKA Bronze 05.06.1944
Leutnant d. Gend. Heinrich Schmidt (SS-u. Pol. Führer z.b.V.) BKA Bronze 15.10.1944, BKA Silber 05.11.1944
Oberleutnant d. Sch. Heinrich Füllbeck (Cholm SS Pol. Rgt. 25) BKA Bronze 24.04.1945

Cordial greetings.

Polux
Hi Polux, where the Karstjager name came from?
Thanks
T

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Post by polux » 04 Jun 2007, 22:04

Hi,

A diploma with the signature of Globocnik ;-))

Cordial greetings.

Polux


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Post by Bergmolch » 05 Jun 2007, 11:23

polux wrote:Hi,

A diploma with the signature of Globocnik ;-))

Cordial greetings.

Polux
Is that yours? 8O
If so may you contact my via PM please?
Thanks
T

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Karstjäger name

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Post by Doudou » 05 Jun 2007, 14:46

I read in a French book on the Waffen-SS divisions that the word 'Karstjäger' came from an austro-hungarian jäger unit of the First World War. But I don't found any KuK unit named like this. I think 'Karstjäger' is most probably a name inspired (see that the KuK regiment 'Hoch und Deutschmeister' name was given to the 44. Inf. Div. of the Heer), like Osttiroler-jäger, Alpenjäger...

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Re: Karstjäger name

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Post by K.Kocjancic » 05 Jun 2007, 14:50

Doudou wrote:I read in a French book on the Waffen-SS divisions that the word 'Karstjäger' came from an austro-hungarian jäger unit of the First World War. But I don't found any KuK unit named like this. I think 'Karstjäger' is most probably a name inspired (see that the KuK regiment 'Hoch und Deutschmeister' name was given to the 44. Inf. Div. of the Heer), like Osttiroler-jäger, Alpenjäger...

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Drapeau Noir was asking about a member of Karstjäger, and not about the origin of their designation. :wink:

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Klemen

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Post by Bergmolch » 06 Jun 2007, 11:54

Doudou wrote:I read in a French book on the Waffen-SS divisions that the word 'Karstjäger' came from an austro-hungarian jäger unit of the First World War. But I don't found any KuK unit named like this. I think 'Karstjäger' is most probably a name inspired (see that the KuK regiment 'Hoch und Deutschmeister' name was given to the 44. Inf. Div. of the Heer), like Osttiroler-jäger, Alpenjäger...

Best regards
There's a misunderstooding:
The name Karstjager's came from the Austro-Ungarn military tradition but NOT from a proper unit: since the most of Karstjagers were enlisted from the ex-AU Empire territories (OZAK,OZAV etc.etc.) and since from these areas a lot of able bodied men use to join the AU army during the WWI the SS thought that the name Karstjager, very similar to Kaiserjager, would had been very likely accepted by these who were still tied with the AU Empire memories and traditions.
The Karstjager divisional shield, called by somebody "Tyrolean Imperial Jager flower" actually confirm that hypothesis even a such kind of symbol wasn't used at all by any of the WWI AU units.

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T

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Post by K.Kocjancic » 06 Jul 2007, 19:47

Latest version of the list:

A:
SS-Ustuf. Otto Anders (B d.Sipo u. SD Weißruthenien) - APBsi (15.9.'44)
SS-Staf. Günther Anhalt (SS-Pol.Rgt. 2) - APB
SS-Strm. Richard Armstark (SS-Karst-Jg.Brig.) - APBg



B:
SS-Ogruf. Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski - APBsi (11/44)
SS-Hstuf. Horst Bemmann - APB
SS-Stubaf. Josef Berschneider (Karstjäger) – APBs
Funkobergefreiter Heinz Bischoff (KM - Marineeinsatzkdo 80) - APBb (21.8.'44)
SS-Hstuf. Werner Blessau (36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS) - APB
Oberwachtmeister der Gendarmerie d. Reserve Herman Blöß (?) - APBb (20.7.'44)
Oberstlt. d. Sch.P. u. SS-Ostubaf. Willi Blöcher (b.HSSPF Alpenland) - APBb (20.3.'45)
Nadporočnik Ivan Boh - APBb (30.1.'45)
Feldwebel Erwin Bohlken (Pz.Rgt. 1) - APBb (22.2.'44)
Hptm. Oskar Borath (Kp.u.Btl.Führer im I./LW-Sich.Rgt. Italien) - APBb (23.11.1944)
SS-Hstuf. Waldemar Borck (Einsatsgruppe Kommando7A - later service?) APB
SS-Sturmmann Johannes Borowetz (Waffen-Geb. (Karst) Jäger-Rgt. SS-Nr 59) - APBb (30.01.1945)
Oblt. d.R. Walter Bortchen (SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb (30.12.'44)
Zugunchtm.d.SchP. Gustav Branko - APBsi (15.9.'44)
SS-Staf. Hans Brand (Karstjäger) – APBb
SS-Strm. Rudi Brauer - APBg (21.2.'45)
SS-Oberf. u.Oberst d.Pol. Karl-Heinz Bürger - APBb (30.10.'44)
Hauptmann Heinz Buss (3./NSG.9) - APBsi (25.1.'45)
Narednik Feliks Butolo - APBb (30.1.'45)



D:
SS-Stuscha. Theodor Dennerlein (BdS Italien/Gruppe Obeitalien-West/Aussenkommando Turin/Aussenposten Biella) - APBsi
Oblt. d. Schupo Walter Dellmann (11./SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb (2.1.'45)
Ltn.d.Schupo d.R. August Diezemann (11./SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb (2.1.'45)
Hauptwachtmeister der Schp. Adolf Dinkel - APBsi (1.5.'45)
SanObMaat Hanns Dittrich - APB (Oct. '44)
Gefreiter Paul Dmoch (2/Feldgendarmerie Abt.(motorized)694) - APBb (3.4.'45)


E:
? Wilhelm Etienne (Pol.Rgt. 24) - APB


F:
SS-Uscha. Friedrich Fabel (SS-Karst-Jg.Brig.) - APBg
SS-Ostuf. Heinz Feiertag (36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS) - APBsi
? Karl Frei (3./W.T.B. 627) - APBb (24.10.'44)
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Andreas Friedrich (?) - APBb
Lt.d.Schupo.d.R Albert Fritz (SchutzPolizei Linz/Donau) - APBb (1.12.'44)
Oberleutnant d. Sch. Heinrich Füllbeck (Cholm SS Pol. Rgt. 25) - APBb (24.4.'45)
Nadporočnik Dragotin Furlan - APBb (25.7.'44)



G:
Waffen-Feldwebel Peter Gaudernak (Kdt. eines Panzerspähwagens im Stab/LW-Sich.Rgt. Italien) - APBb (30.11.1944)
Leutnant a.d Reserve Gebauer (Fusilier Batt. 230) - APBb (15.7.1944)
Gefreiter Siegfried Gerss (Lw.Jg.Btl.z.b.V.8 ) - APBb (19.12.'44)
SS-Gruf. u. Gen.Ltn. d. Pol. Odilo Lotario Globocnik - APBsi (17.9.1944)
SS-Strm. Michael Götzinger (SS-Karst-Jg.Brig.) - APBg
SS-Oberf. Hans Griep - APBsi ('45?)
SS-Ustuf. Otto Griesser (BdS Italien Aussenkommando Genua) - APBb (10.4.'45)
Hwm. d. Schupo Wilhelm Groos (SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb (10.1.'45)
Nadporočnik Franz Grum - APBb (30.1.'45)
SS-Ogruf.u.Gen.d.W-SS u.Pol. Curt von Gottberg - APBsi



H:
Zgw.d.Schupo Augustin Haas (3./SS-Polizei-Regiment 15) - APBb (10.4.'45)
SS-Gruf. Hans Haltermann - APBb
SS-Brif. u. Gen.Maj. d. Pol. Ernst Hartmann - APB (?)
Oberwachtmeister d. Schupo d.R. Valentin Häfner (1./Pol.Schtz.Rgt 31) - APBb (21.6.'44)
Narednik Alojzij Hegler - APBb (30.1.'45)
SS-Oscha. Werner Heidbreder - APBb
? (KM) - Wilhelm Heinrich Franz Heiden (Kriegsmarine) - APBb (12.10.'44)
SS-Gruf. u. Gen.Ltn. d. W-SS u. Pol. Otto Hellwig - APBb
Hauptfeldwebel Edgar Helms (1./Feldgend.-Abt.(mot.) 696) - APBb (9.9.'44)
Ltn. Hans Hermann - APBb (5/44)
SS-Unterscharführer Ludwig Höpfl (Stabs.Kp/II.Waffen-Geb.(Karstjäger)Brig. d. SS - APBb (20.2.'45)



I:
SS-Ostuf. Egyd Ingruber (SS-Sonder-Btl. "Dirlewanger") - APB



J:
Oberwachtmeister d. Schup. d.R. Hans Jäckel (Pol.Schutz-Rgt. 33) - APBb
Oberzahlmeister Arthur Janssen (Zugführer im LW-Sich.Rgt. Italien) - APBb



K:
W.-Brif. d. SS Bronislaw Kaminski - APB (31.07.1944)
Oberleutnant der Schp. Heinz Knaack - APBsi (30.1.'45)
Oberfeldwebel Paul Kelmentz (Pol-Feldgendarmerie Abt. (mot.) 696) - APBb
Unteroffizier Erwin Klauke (Res.Gren.Batl. 386) - APBb (13.7.'44)
Leutnant Wilhelm Koch (Div. Aufkl. Abt. 55, 1. Kosaken Division) - APBb (3.2.'45)
SS-Oberscharführer Heinrich Koehne (?) - APBsi (13.9.'44)
Oberbeschlagmeister Willi Kohlenbeck (5./(Kos) Gren.Rgt. 360) - APBb (10.4.'45)
SS/Polizei Heinrich Kölln (unit unknown) APB
Kapitänleutnant (Marine Artillerie) d.R. Dr. Waldemar Krumhaar (K.d.K.Verbände) - APB
SS-Ostuf. Erich Kühbandner - APBg (21.2.'45)



L:
Obergefreiter Friedrich Lehmann (7./Gren.Rgt.453) - APBb (24.6.'44)
Hauptmann und Stabsarzt Max Lizius (Geb.Art.Regt.1057) - APBb (15.12.'44)
SS-Brif. u. Gen.Maj. d. W-SS Gustav Lombard - APBsi (1/44)
SS-Hscha. Alfred Ludl - APBg (21.2.'45)



M:
Oberleutnant Karl Mehnert (I./Gren.Rgt.391) - APBb (7.12.44)
Major Dušan Menicanin - APBb (25.7.'44)
SS-Ostuf Oswin Merwald (Komm.1/SS Karstwehr Btl) BKA
SS-Hstuf. Georg Michalsen - APBb (before 23.1.'45)
SS-Uscha. Konrad Michel - APBsi (30.1.'45)
Domobranec Jože Mlakar - APBb
SS-Strm. Johann Mootz (SS-Karst-Jg.Brig.) - APBg



N:
Oberwachtmeister d.Schupo Andreas Nadig (Pol.Rgt.) - APB



O:
Ltn.d.Schupo August Wilhelm Oestreich (9./SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb (8.1.'45)
Gefreiter Aloysius Orichel (2./Festung-Inf.Btl. 1008) - APBb (14.8.'44)



P:
Poročnik Janko Petrič - APBb (30.1.'45)
Soldat ? Pfeifer - APBb (25.7.'44)*
Wachtmeister der Schupo Christian Prank Christian (SS-Pol.Rgt. 15) - APBs (10.4.45)
SS-Ostuf. Helmut Prasch - APBg (21.2.'45)
SS-Ogruf. Hans-Adolf Prützmann - APB (?)



R:
Oberwachtmeister d Pol. Erwin Rammer (Polizei Linz/Donau) BKA in Bronze 1.12.44
SS-Stubaf. Walter Reder - APBsi
SS-Oberf. Otto Reich - APB
SS-Uscha. Ewald Remmert (3./59) - APBs
Hauptmann d.R. Erich Röseke ("Brandenburg" Division) - APB
SS-Ogruf. u. Gen. d. W-SS u. Pol. Erwin Rösener - APBsi (12.08.1944)
SS-Sturmmann Erwin Röslen (8./Waffen-Geb.(Karst) Jäg.Rgt.59) - APBsi (30.1.'45)



S:
Oberwachtmeister d. Sch. d. Res. Erich Schacht (Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei Ukraine) - APBb (5.6.'44)
Ofw. der Luftwaffe Hermann Scharge - APBsi (20.9.'44)
Lt. der Gendarmerie Heinrich Schmidt (Gendarmerie Lothringen) - APBsi (5.11.'44), APBb (15.10.'44)
SS-Sturmbannführer Karl Schmitz [Kdr Aufkla.Kgruppe Prützmann 1944] BKA in Silver ?.?.44
Soldat ? Schneider - APBb (25.7.'44)*
SS-Ustuf. Max Schreiner (36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS) - APBb
Oberjäger Arthur Schubnell (4./(M.G.) Jäger-Rgt. 721) - APBsi (5.2.'45)
Hptm. d.Schupo Erich Schumacher - APBsi (1/45) posth.; APBb (25.7.'44)
? Helmut Schwalbach (2.Pz.Jg.Abt. (Kroat.) 369) - APBb (15.3.'45)
Oberjäger Albert Sell (14./Jg.Rgt. 721)- APBb (4.2.'45)
SS-Uscha. Kurt Sinemus (SS-Karst-Jg.Brig.) - APBg
SS-Ustuf. Karl Sorgo (BdS Italien/Gruppe Obeitalien-West/Aussenkommando Turin/Aussenposten Biella) - APBsi
Hwm.d.Schupo Felix Spur (SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb
SS-Hstuf. Rudolf Stoeweno (SS-Sonder-Btl. "Dirlewanger") - APB (?)
Unteroffizier Günther Storck (8./Sib.Kossack-Rtr.Rgt. 2) - APBb (13.3.'45)
Obergefreiter Hans Sturm - APBb (5/44)
SS-Ostubaf. Friedrich Suhr - APBsi



T:
SS-Gruf. Max Thomas - APBb (28.9.1944)
Gefreiter Peter Thomssen (Festungs-Inf.-Btl.1011) - APBb (18.4.'44)
Oberleutnent Olivier Thoring - APB
Hptm.d.Schupo Hellmuth Thym (10./SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb (28.12.'44)



V:
Poročnik Franc Vovk - APBb (30.1.'45)



W:
SS-Hstuf. Erwin Walser (Sonder-Kommando "Dirlewanger") - APBsi (5/44)
SS-Oberscharführer Oswald Walter (24th SS Karstjäger) BKA in Gold 9.3.45
SS-Uscha. Josef Weber (II./59) - APBs
SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Weibrecht (SD Posen) - APB
SS-Ostuf. Karl Weiland (Karstjäger) – APBs
SS-Ostubaf. Kurt Weisse (SS-Sonderbataillon "Dirlewanger") - APBb ('44)
SS-Uscha. Bernhard Wessels (StabsKp.) - APBs
SS-Oscha. Oswald Winter (SS-Karst-Jg.Brig.) - APBg
SS-Rottenführer Georg Wirkert (Handschar Division) - APB
SS-Oscha. Alfred Wittmann (1. Kmp./I. Btl./Waffen-Gren. Rgt. d.SS 30) - APB
Zugwachtmeister d.Schp.d.r. Johannes Wolf (2./SS-Pol.Rgt. 24) - APBsi (15.9.'44)


Z:
Obergefreiter Josef Zaglmaier (Stabs-Kmp./Jg.Rgt. 749) - APBb (31.7.'44)
Zugw.d.Schupo Ernst Zarden (1./SS-Pol.Regt. Schlanders) - APBb (15.3.'45)
? Nikolaus Ziegleder - BKA in Silver
SS-Ustuf. Paul Zimmermann (36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS) - APBsi



* I found their names in an article - there is no info about their units/rank/first name, just German Soldiers
25.7.'44 and 30.1.'45 recipients were awarded by Rösener.

132 names so far!
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BKA list

#233

Post by polux » 08 Jul 2007, 11:54

Hello Klemen,

Just a small correction about your last list :

Letter K :

Leutnant Wilhelm Kech (1. / Div. Aufkl. Abt 55) - APBB (3.2. ' 45)
and
Leutnant Wilhelm Koch (Div. Aufkl. Abt. 55 , 1. Kosaken Division) - APBB (3.2. ' 45)

It is about the same man. The correct name is Koch.

Cordial greetings.

Polux

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#234

Post by K.Kocjancic » 08 Jul 2007, 12:20

Thanks!

Regards,
Klemen

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#235

Post by Ernst-H » 08 Jul 2007, 17:57

A new name:

Leutnant Otto Saller

not mine but for sale on ebay:
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#236

Post by Ernst-H » 08 Jul 2007, 18:08

And another one

Engelbert Maxl
Schutzpolizei, unknown rank
III. Pol Rgt 4

APB bronze; 18 September 1944

(Dienstpass of this man recently sold in Germany)
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#237

Post by Ernst-H » 08 Jul 2007, 18:12

His name, I wasn;t too sure of the correct spelling of this mans last name

As said. This Dienstpass is not mine but was recently sold in Germany.
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Post by K.Kocjancic » 08 Jul 2007, 19:57

Thanks!

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Klemen

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#239

Post by Bergmolch » 03 Oct 2007, 16:57

Hi guys,

just posted on Lombard thread...
Nice stuff Erich, please let me know if any BKA item its on sale and you are not interested in.

Thanks a lot

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Post by polux » 03 Oct 2007, 21:37

For Klemen,

A new name for your list :

Zugwachtm. d. Sch. Bruno CLAUS (I. / Pol.-Schtz.-Rgt. 31) APBb (in June 21, 1944)

Cordial greetings.

Polux

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