D-176 Document, Photos
and Identification Disk Grouping for a Navy Marine Artillery Officer Leutnant
Dr. Karl Graak
Three very nice photographs – two of these the same size (7” by
4.5” or 177mm by 130mm) showing the same Officer from slightly different
angles (taken during the same sitting) with the Officer wearing a field grey
Marine Artillery blouse with the Army style collar Litzen (tabs), and very high
quality smaller picture (just over 3.5” by 2.5” or 930mm by 660mm, it was
cut down from a photo postcard) showing our Officer in a double breasted navy
blue blouse with the blue cap (excellent paper). There is also an
excellent award document awarding “Leutnant M.A. (i.e. Marine-Artillerie) Dr.
Karl Graak” the Iron Cross 2nd Class. The document is in the standard award
document size (200mm by 140mm), with the commonly encountered two-hole punch
along the left size (allowed the document to be stored in a binder). The
document is in excellent condition, awarded at the Staff Quarters on 13 June
1941 with an original signature of Alfred Saalwächter, General Admiral and
Oberbefehlshaber (Commander) of the Marinengruppenkommando (Navy Group Command)
West, complete with a matching certification stamp. The Identification disk is a
great example in dark grey zinc, with a sealer coat that has kept it mostly
oxidation-free. The stamped name is very clear and precise, the letters filled
in with black paint and extremely legible, reading “Dr. Karl Graak M.A. Offz.
R. 1943”. The “R” on the disk seems to indicate that Graak was a Reserve
Officer. The items come in an envelope hand-addressed to Graak, with the country
noted as Germanie, and an abbreviation of the word “Signore” suggesting that
the addresser was from Italy. A very neat set!
$325.00
Reduced Price: $250.00
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Item D-176
