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THBGermany - Third Reich: A fascinating Advance on Leningrad Iron Cross 2ndClass Group
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Volkhov Front Black Wound Badge and later recipient of the Silver Infantry Assault Badge document group to Leutnant of the Reserve Rolf Dahm, HQ II Battalion, 209thInfantry/Grenadier Regiment, 58thInfantry Division; then 1stCompany, 1stGerman Training Battalion with the 1stCroatian Mountain Brigade, the group includes a rare 6 page letter to the recipients parents with detailed operational information including his units line of advance. A good typical bravery document group consisting of 4 award certificates including a rare A4 sized Silver Infantry Assault Badge certificate with an envelope in which it was sent back to his family. Certificates: The Iron Cross 2ndClass, awarded in the field on 3rdSeptember 1941 as a Gefreiter, HQ II/209thInfantry Regiment. Signed by Dr. Altrichter as Generalmajor and General Officer Commanding 58thInfantry Division. Dr. Altrichter was awarded the German Cross in Gold on 23.1.1942 as Generalmajor and General Officer Commanding 58thInfantry Division. The Black Wound Badge awarded in Koblenz on 1stJuly 1942 for a first wounding on 19thMarch 1942 as an Unteroffizier, 7/209thInfantry Regiment. Signed by an Oberfeldarzt and Chief Doctor of the Koblenz Medical Detachment. The Ostmedaille awarded on 22ndSeptember 1942 as an Unteroffizier, Recuperation Company, 209thGrenadier Replacement Battalion. Signed for correctness by Huhtersen as Leutnant. Since the 209thonly changed from being Infantry to Grenadier on 7.11.1942, it is most probable that this certificate was signed at a much later date Ð probably sometime in 1943. The Silver Infantry Assault Badge awarded in the east on 23rdMay 1943 as an Unteroffizier, HQ II/209thGrenadier Regiment. Signed by an Oberst and Commanding Officer. Documents: In Russia, 6.8.1941 Ð This is a fascinating 6 sides of A4 handwritten letter from Rolf Dahm to his parents. It is his report about the period between 9thJune and 17thJuly Ð just prior ot the invasion of Russia and the initial phases of the advance of 1,260kms. It is quite extraordinary to find such a personal letter with detailed operational information. This progress is charted as follows: Elbing (9.6); Frisches Haff; Konigsberg (2 days); Soviet Border (21.6); crossed the border on 23.6; first action (24.6) Ð Dahm assigned to a Company Signals Detachment; Schaulen (28.6); Lithuanian/Latvian border crossed and Bauska reached (2.7); marched through Riga (5.7); Latvian/Estonian border crossed (10.7); Estonian/Russian border crossed (12.7); Pleskau (13.7.); Gdov (17.7). The letter is full of detail about the advance, combat and general observations of what he had seen and experienced Ð a really fascinating account. It seems that Dahm was a trained signaller which explains why he was with a Battalion HQ for most of the time with the 209th. An envelope date stamped 8.8.1941 which contained the letter discussed in 1. It is addressed to Family Hugo Dahm in Hamburg. (Sender: Gefr Rolf Dahm, 02 430A = HQII/209) An envelope date stamped 10.6.1943 Ð Flensburg Ð It was sent by Dahm to his mother Frau Lina Dahm in Hamburg. It contained his Silver Infantry Assault Badge certificate (Sender Uffz Rolf Dahm 1stRecuperation Company, 209thGrenadier Replacement Battalion.). Certified copy of an Order of the Day 1120/44 Ð Army Personnel Office Ð Section P 1/6(e) dated 16thAugust 1944. It states that the Oberfahnrichs of the 16thFahnenjunker Course are promoted to the rank of Leutnants of the Reserve with the effect from 1stJuly 1944. This copy lists: Dahm, Rolf. War Unit: 209thGrenadier Regiment Ð Peace Unit: 47thGrenadier Regiment This copy was forwarded by the Hamburg Recruiting District HQ to Field Post No 11 693B = 1stCompany, 1stGerman Training Battalion with the 1stCroatian Mountain Brigade and certified as a true copy by an Oberstleutnant on 12thSeptember 1944. A Clothing Ration Card issued in Hamburg to Rolf Dahm and was valid up to 30thJune 1944. The first date entry was 1.2.1943 A photocopy of Rolf DahmÕs Certificate of Discharged from the German Army. His personal details were as follows: Born on 5thApril 1920 in Gravenhage; his civil occupation was a pupil; he was single. The medical section noted that he had lost two toes from his left foot and had a scar on his left thigh; otherwise certified as having no disability. He had been an American Prisoner of War and was officially discharged from the German Army on 11thAugust 1945 from Heilbronn. The original certificate was date stamped by the Hamburg Police on 19thAugust 1945. Rolf Dahm was born on 5thApril 1920 in Gravenhage, and lived in Hamburg. His civil occupation was noted as a student, and by the end of the war, he was still single. Most likely called up upon the outbreak of war in September 1939, Dahm would have seen service in the west during the so called ÔSitzkriegÕ that existed over the winter of 1939-40. By May 1940 the German Army in the west had prepared for an attack on France and the Low Countries, and began an offensive on the 10thMay, which quickly came to a successful conclusion by the end of June, the Division had taken part in the offensive towards the Meuse in the initial phase of the attack, before wheeling around and taking part in the attack on Verdun. After the successful conclusion of the campaign in France, the Division moved to Belgium where it remained on occupation duty until May 1941 when it moved to East Prussia in preparation for the attack on the Soviet Union. Taking part in Operation Barbarossa, the Division was part of Army Group North, and it took part in the drive through the Baltics including in the capture of Riga and the surrounding area in July, the Division was subsequently involved in the drive towards Leningrad, which met significant resistance during the month of August, particularly around Lake Peipus. It was most likely for an act of gallantry in this fighting to the south of Leningrad that Dahm was to be awarded the Iron Cross 2ndClass. During the autumn and winter of 1941-42, Army Group North drove to the gates of Leningrad, surrounded the city and enacted a siege, before fighting off numerous Soviet counterattacks that began in December. 58thInfantry Division spent the winter fighting to the south of the city, and against the Volkhov Front, which mounted a large scale attack during the winter using 2ndShock Army in an attempt to encircle and destroy parts of Army Group North. As 2ndShock ArmyÕs assault in the region bogged down, the Germans mounted a counter-stroke which eventually led to its encirclement and destruction, it was during the early part of this offensive on 19thMarch 1942, that Dahm was wounded in an incident that led to several months recuperation and the award of the Black Wound Badge on 1stJuly 1942 whilst he was still recuperating in a hospital in Koblenz, back in the homeland. It was on 22ndSeptember 1942 whilst still in Germany that Dahm was to be awarded his Ostmedaille for his participation in the fierce combat of the previous winter. The Division had continued to fight in the Leningrad area, particularly on the front of the Oranienbaum bridgehead, a strip of land that the Germans were never to successfully conquer, and was to prove a thorn in their side throughout the encirclement of the city of Leningrad. It is unclear when Dahm rejoined his unit after his recuperation, but it would have been after September 1942 and before May 1943. It is quite possible that Dahm rejoined the unit during itÕs brief time in reserve during December when it would likely have been reinforced with replacements and returning wounded. This would mean that Dahm would have seen fighting in the area around Demjansk during January and February, and around Novgorod in March before the receipt of his Silver Infantry Assault Badge in May , by which time his unit was back in the Leningrad area, fighting off Russian attacks that sought to lift the siege of the city. Commissioned in 1944, by September he was serving as a Leutnant of the Reserve with the 1stCroatian Mountain Brigade with whom it is likely he saw out the war, before surrendering to the Americans in Austria in May 1945. He was eventually discharged from the German Army on 11thAugust 1945.
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