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Walther Girg
| Walther Girg (deceased) Walter Girg was born in 1919. He joined the SS at the beginning of the second world war serving with Das Reich division in the Balkans and the invasion of Russia - operations Marita and Barbarossa respectively. By 1944 he was a platoon leader in 1 company, 502nd SS Jager Battalion Mitte. In the Carapathian mountains in September 1944, he led his men behind Russian but was discovered and wounded, but facing capture was rescued by a German artillery barrage which allowed him and his men to escape back to German lines. He received the Knights Cross in 1944 for this deed, which provided a great deal of intelligence. In March 1945, Girg was at Kolberg, encircled by Russians, before being evacuated by sea. He was subsequently awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knights Cross on 1st April 1945. We have learned that Walther Girg passed away on 25th July 2010. |
Items Signed by Walther Girg (deceased) |
| Clipped Signature - Walther Girg. Price : £60.00 | Joined the SS at the beginning of WW2 and served on the Eastern front. Led his platoon behind Russian lines but was discovered and wounded, evading capture under a German artillery barrage. The intelligence gathered on this mission meant he was aw...... | |
| Holding the Line by Richard Taylor. (B) Price : £1095.00 | Skillfully led by their mercurial commander, SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann, the Tiger Tanks of s.SS-Pz. Abt. 101 blaze through a shattered French village in the days following D-Day, June, 1944. Their destination - Normandy! ...... | |
| Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | As Typhoon Mk1b fighter-bombers of 247 Squadron exit the target area near Falaise at full throttle, the havoc wreaked in their wake bears witness to the devastation of their powerful rockets. Fuel and ammunition from the retreating German column exp...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Panther Stellung, Monte Cassino, Italy, 21st -22nd May 1944 by David Pentland. (P) SOLD OUT | While commanding an emplaced Panther tank turret east of Piedimonte, the young Gefreiter Herbert Fries, from 2./FschPzJagAbt 1, slowed down the Allies who were trying to outflank what was left of 1FJD. In two days he and his crew knocked out 17 enem...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Jagdverbande Mitte, Pomerania, Germany, March 1945 by David Pentland. (P) Price : £580.00 | In early 1945 Obersturmfuhrer Walter Girg was given command of a small unit of SS commandos whose task was to operate Russian tanks behind enemy lines. One such mission took him to the area of the enemy-encircled Kolberg garrison. The German forces ...... |
| Hornisse, Central Russia, November 1943 by David Pentland. (P) SOLD OUT | Hornet self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 3rd Army, Army Group Center. Oberleutnant Erwin Kressmann commanded 1st company, while its 1st platoon was led by the soon to be famous Lt Albert Ernst, who in an...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Lull in the Battle, Central Russia, December 1943 by David Pentland. (P) SOLD OUT | Hornet self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 3rd Army, Army Group Center. Oberleutnant Erwin Kressmann commanded 1st company, while 1st platoon was led by the soon to be famous Lt Albert Ernst, who in an eng...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Winter Offensive, Ardennes Forest, Germany, December 1944 by David Pentland. (P) SOLD OUT | Jagdpanther self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 6th SS Panzer Army during the ill fated Ardennes offensive. Only the 1st company commanded by Hautmann Erwin Kressmann took part in the campaign. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Jagdpanthers in the Ardennes, Ardennes Forest, Germany, December 1944 by David Pentland. (P) SOLD OUT | Jagdpanther self propelled 88mm anti-tank guns of Heavy Anti-tank Battalion 519 attached to 6th SS Panzer Army during the ill fated Ardennes offensive. Only the 1st company commanded by Hauptmann Erwin Kressmann took part in the campaign. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Walther Girg (deceased) |
Pack 848. Pack of two special tank artworks by David Pentland and Richard Taylor. Pack : SOLD OUT | Military Print Pack....... Titles in this pack : High Pursuit by Ivan Berryman. (C) In Them We Trust by Ivan Berryman. (D) | NOT AVAILABLE | |
Pack 849. Pack of two WW2 tank artworks by Richard Taylor and David Pentland. Pack : SOLD OUT | Military Print Pack....... Titles in this pack : High Pursuit by Ivan Berryman. (C) In Them We Trust by Ivan Berryman. (D) | NOT AVAILABLE |
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