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THBGermany - Third Reich: A Fascinating Polish Campaign Iron Cross 2ndClass Group
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Velikiye Luki Iron Cross 1st Class and June 1944 German Cross in Gold Document Group to Hauptmann Johannes von Aprath, Commanding Officer of the II Battalion, 19th Panzer Artillery Regiment, 19th Panzer Division, who would have seen service in Poland, France and then in many of the major battles of the Eastern Front including Vilna, Velikiye Luki, Smolesnk Moscow, Yelnya, the post Stalingrad defence against Operation Little Saturn in the Donbass, Operation Citadel, the Defence of the Dnieper and the fighting in the Kamanets-Podolsk (Hube) Pocket, it is likely that at least one of his acts of gallantry for the German Cross in Gold occurred in this last battle. A scarce small bravery award document grouping comprising a preliminary German Cross in Gold certificate and 3 others, a certificate of promotion to Leutnant and a 1907 post card of AprathÕs family home ÔSchloss AprathÕ near Wuppertal in the southern part of the Ruhr. Award Certificates: The Iron Cross 2ndClass awarded in Rhede on 9thNovember 1939 as a Leutnant, HQ 19thArtillery Regiment. Signed by Schwantes as Generalleutnant and General Officer Commanding 19thInfantry Division. The Iron Cross 1stClass awarded in the field on 12thAugust 1941 as an Oberleutnant, 8/19thArtillery Regiment (motorised). Signed by von Knobelsdorff as Generalleutnant and General Officer Commanding 19thPanzer Division. von Knobelsdorff was awarded the Knights Cross on 17.9.1941 as Generalleutnant and General Officer Commanding 19thPanzer Division and the 322ndoakleaves on 12.11.1943 as General of Panzer Troops and General Officer Commanding 48thPanzer Corps and the 100thSwords on 21.9.1944 as General of Panzer Troops and General Officer Commanding 40thPanzer Corps. The General Assault Badge awarded in the field on 12thJanuary 1942 as an Oberleutnant, RHQ 19thArtillery Regiment (motorised). Signed by Schmidt as Oberst and acting General Officer Commanding 19thPanzer Division. Schmidt was awarded the Knights Cross on 4.9.1940 as Oberst and Commanding Officer 74thInfantry Regiment (191stInfantry Division) and the 203rdOakleaves on 6.3.1943 as Generalleutnant and General Officer Commanding 19thPanzer Division. Committed suicide on 7.8.1943 before being taken prisoner near Beresovka in the Belgorod area. The German Cross in Gold awarded by HQ Army High Command on 28thJune 1944 as a Hauptmann , Commanding Officer 11/19thPanzer Artillery Regiment. Facsimile Signature of Generalfeldmarschall Keitel. Documents: A promotion certificate signed by von Brauchitsch as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army on 10thSeptember 1938. AprathÕs seniority number was 255. Details are as follows: Leutnant of the Reserve Johannes von Aprath to Leutnant with effect of 1stOctober 1938 A coloured postcard of ÔSchloss AprathÕ sent to a Herr Eugen Breidenbruch in Paris. The date stamp is Aprath on 15.7.1907 and counter stamped in Paris on 16thJuly 1907 (this castle is located between Wulfrath and Elberfeld (north-west of Wuppertal) in the southern part of the Ruhr.) Johannes (Hans) von Aprath appears to have served throughout the war in the same Artillery Regiment, seeing it transfer from an Infantry support role to an Armoured support role. Hans was of noble stock, and his familyÕs resident was the Schloss Aprath (Castle Aprath) of which there is a coloured postcard included. He would have been a pre-war volunteer soldier attaining the rank of Lieutenant by October 1938. Aprath would have seen service in the Poland Campaign of September 1939, during which time his Division was at the forefront of operations, ending the campaign with its involvement around Warsaw. For an act of gallantry in Poland, von Aprath was to receive the Iron Cross 2ndClass on 9thNovember 1939. After a short period of time on occupation duties in Poland, 19thInfantry Division moved to the west in January 1940 in preparation for the attack against France and the Low Countries. On 10thMay, the first day of operations in the west, the Division crossed the Maas near Roermond and then advanced via the Albert Canal, the Dyle Position, Liege and on to the Scheldt, finishing its campaign in the area to the east of Dunkirk in early June before being placed in the Army High CommandÕs Reserve for the second part of the campaign. From July it was involved in security duties on the Demarkation Line. It finally returned to the home garrison in September 1940. In December 1940 the 19thInfantry Division was re-equipped and became the 19thPanzer Division in preparation for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. As part of Army Group Centre, 19thPanzer Division advanced via Vilna, Polozk, the heavy fighting at Velikiye Luki and the fighting around Smolensk, which would have seen von Aprath perform the act of gallantry for which he was awarded the Iron Cross 1stClass. Through the remainder of 1941, 19thPanzer Division advanced into the Moscow area where it also took part in defending against the fierce Red Army counterattacks that took place between December 1941 and March 1942. Through the summer of 1942, the Division initially took part in anti-partisan operations before being involved in fighting around Yelnya and Orel, by October the Division was once again in reserve for re-fitting having suffered heavy losses during the proceeding months. In January 1943 the Division was moved south and attached to the Italian 8thArmy where it was involved in the fighting in the area around Millerovo as it sought to stem the advance of Red Army units involved in Operation Uranus which sought to cut off the German Army Group in the Caucasus as well as the units that had been encircled at Stalingrad. 19thPanzer Division took part in Operation Citadel as part of the Kursk offensive in July, advancing via Kharkov and Belgorod. Once this offensive had been defeated by the Red Army a major counterattack began which ended up clearing the eastern Ukraine and forcing the Germans back to the Dnieper by the end of September 1943. The Division was then subsequently involved in the fighting at Zhitomir, and the Kamanets-Podolsk Pocket in March-April 1944. Awarded the German Cross in Gold on 28thJune 1944, it is likely that one of the acts of bravery necessary for this award was performed during the escape from the Kamanets-Podolsk (Hube) Pocket. After this, 19thPanzer Division had a short rest for refitting in the Netherlands in June, before being moved east to the Warsaw area to stem the Red ArmyÕs summer offensive (Operation Bagration). In 1945 the Division retreated across southern Poland into Silesia and finally into the Moravia region where it surrendered.
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