146 Estate of Lieutenant General Kurt Mälzer.
Grouping consists of the following:
Kurt Mälzer's Soldbuch, issued on 1 September 1939. With beautiful photo as Major General with the decorations awarded to him offered here.
With entries of promotions up to Lieutenant General (1.10.1943) and all awards. Somewhat flaked due to use.
Iron Cross 1st Class 1914. Silver plated, with non-magnetic core, on pin. Cushion shape on reverse.
Iron Cross 1st Class 1914, silver, with magnetic core, on pin. In original case.
Repetition clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914. Tombac version, silver plated. On original ribbon backing with buttons to be fixed on the button hole. In a contemporary case similar to the case of the honour clasp.
1st World War Pilot's badge. Silver-plated tombac version. Reverse fitted with pin (catch broken off). Hollow construction with back plate.
Pilot's badge. Early tomba version, silver plated. Reverse fitted with pin. Manufacturer's mark "C.E. JUNCKER BERLIN SW" on reverse. The left wing tip of the eagle with crack.
Lot of insignia with a pair of shoulder boards as Major General of the Luftwaffe, single shoulder board for Lieutenant General, unequal pair of collar patches as Lieutenant General of the Luftwaffe.
Luftwaffe - Officer's Dagger. Light metal version with white plastic grip. Blade with cleaned traces of corrosion. Manufacturer's mark "Alcoso", Solingen, on the reverse. Silver-plated iron scabbard. With two original hangers.
Original US press photo of the 1946 trial of Mälzer and his co-defendant Pietro Caruso, chief of the Rome police.
Kurt Mälzer (* 2 August 1894 in Altenburg; † 24 March 1952 in Werl) was a Lieutenant General in the German Air Force. At the beginning of the Second World War, Mälzer was seconded to the staff of Luftflotte 2. During the French campaign, Mälzer became commander of the airborne unit of the Luftgaukommando Belgium-Northern France in Brussels on 28 May 1940. Promoted to major general in 1941, he was head of department in the Reich Aviation Ministry in 1942/43 and became commander of Sanitäts-Flugbereitschaft 17 in Vienna in September 1943. Promoted to lieutenant general on 1 October 1943, he was transferred to Rome as city commander on 30 October 1943. As such, he was subordinate to Eberhard von Mackensen.
As commander of Rome in 1944, he was jointly responsible for the massacre in the Ardeatine Caves after the assassination of soldiers of the "Bozen" police regiment in Via Rasella on 23 March 1944. He was sentenced to death in 1946, but was pardoned to life imprisonment and died in Werl Prison before his imminent release.
Historically highly interesting convolute of great rarity and excellently suited for a museum exhibition.
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