"Waffen-SS" - citation grouping - 9.SS.Pz.Div. "Hohenstaufen" - Lange

"Waffen-SS" citation grouping of "SS-Unterscharführer" Franz Lange who served within SS-Pz.Aufklärungs-Abt.9 of the 9.SS.Pz.Div. "Hohenstaufen".

1) "Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze" citation which has been signed by "SS-Hauptsturmführer" Karl-Heinz Recke (DKiG 19-8-1944)

2) D-Day related EK II citation which has been signed by "SS-Standartenführer" and divisional commander Sylvester Stadler (RK 6-4-1943,EL 16-9-1943,"Nahkampfspange in Gold" etc.etc.)

3) Death announcement of Franz Lange who was KIA "Im Westen" on 11-8-1944 at Le Crason!

4) Letter of condolance (glued to paper) which states where and under what circumstances Franz was killed.
Langes personal belongings were lost during the aerial attack on Rouen on 25-8-1944 and could therefore not been sent to the next of kin.

Code: 57468