242 Luftwaffe: Dokumenten- und Fotonachlass des Oberst Richard Gattersleben, Kommandeur Fliegerausb. Reg. 71
Award certificate for the Honor Cross for Front-Line Combatants issued by the Police Directorate Bremen dated 10.10.1934.
Award certificate for the Long Service Award 4th-2nd Class for 23 years of service dated 2.10.1936, with original signature of the Chief of the General Staff of Air Force Command IV, Colonel Musshoff.
Award certificate for the Long Service Award 1st Class for 25 years of service dated 10.2.1938, with original signature of the Chief of the General Staff of Air Force Command IV, Colonel Keßler.
Award certificate for the Pilot's Badge dated 30.11.1938, with original signature of Major General v. Greim.
Award certificate for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords dated 17.12.1940, with facsimile signature of the Commanding General of Air District Command Vienna XVII and Commander of Air District XVII, General of Flak Artillery Hirschauer.
Award letter for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords dated 17.12.1940, with facsimile signature of the Commanding General of Air District Command Vienna XVII and Commander of Air District XVII, General of Flak Artillery Hirschauer.
Award certificate for the Flight Badge of the Croatian Air Force dated 1.5.1942, with ink seal and original signature of the Commander of the Croatian Air Force. Decorative sheet folded twice. With translation dated 16.5.1942.
Award certificate for the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords dated 1.9.1942, with facsimile signature of Reich Marshal Göring and original signature of the Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office, General of Fliers Kastner.
Award certificate for the Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class dated 18.11.1943, with original signature of the Commanding General and Commander in Air District XXVII, General of Fliers Fischer.
Certificate of promotion to Colonel dated 28.1.1942, with embossed seal and facsimile signatures of Adolf Hitler and Göring. Double sheet, bound in cover printed with golden Reich eagle.
Certificate of promotion to Lieutenant Colonel dated 31.7.1939, with embossed seal and facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler and original signature of Göring. Double sheet, bound in cover printed with golden Reich eagle.
Appointment certificate with promotion to Police First Lieutenant dated 25.8.1931 by the Senate of Bremen.
Appointment certificate with promotion to Police Captain dated 30.12.1934, with original signature of the Reich Governor in Oldenburg and Bremen, Röver.
Oath of service as an officer in the Reich Air Force dated 1.9.1940.
Collection of military documents, Military Pilot's License dated 12.10.1938 with photograph, Pay Book (replacement) dated 10.5.1945 with photograph, Military Driver's License dated 12.12.1935 with photograph, farewell letter from Gattersleben to the members of his regiment dated 29.7.1943 regarding his transfer to the Führer Reserve at the RLM, copy for verification of Aryan descent, character references for denazification after 1945, Certificate of Discharge.
Appointment certificate of the Captain of the State Police as Captain in the Luftwaffe among the officers for special assignment of the Reich Minister of Aviation (Other Officers) dated 31.8.1935, with embossed seal and original signature of the Reich Minister of Aviation and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, Göring.
Large photograph of Gattersleben in Luftwaffe uniform.
Photo album “Memories of Military Service in the Third Reich” in Bremen 1935, green binding with embossed silver Wehrmacht eagle, 37 photos of training, harvest deployment, parade on the occasion of a district party congress, training personnel and maneuvers. Very neat and labeled.
Brown album with chronicle of Flight Training Regiment 71, as a gift for the 47th birthday of Colonel Gattersleben in Fels/Seyring on 2.5.1942. Compilation of the officer corps with photos; quartering of the regiment from 20.11.39-1.10.40 in the Flak Barracks Breslau-Hartlieb with views of the regiment location and photos of the officers of the School/Flight Training Regiment 71, as well as the regimental staff in August 1940; large photograph of Colonel Gattersleben in uniform with steel helmet; photos of the presentation of the regimental colors to the regiment on 25.11.1940 in Stammersdorf by the General of Flak Artillery Hirschauer, including large photograph of the regimental formation with unit colors; photos of the fallen officers of the regiment; photos of the new location of the regiment from 25.7.1941 in Fels am Wagram as well as the officers of the regimental staff and the 7 companies, administration and the medical officers in September 1941; watercolor of the village view with castle; list of the regimental staff and photos of the battalion officers in April 1942; photo of the honor company of the 1st Battalion during the march-past with regimental colors. Photos from deployment on the Western Front July 1942, with composition of the regiment after reorganization into a field regiment with additions to the officer corps, with continuation in the 1st half of 1943 and conclusion of Gattersleben's service as regimental commander in August 1943.
2 photos of the Japanese round-the-world aviators Jinuma and Tsugaschi being greeted by the Commander of Flight Replacement Detachment 14, Lieutenant Colonel Sturm, after their landing in Detmold 1937, with excerpt from the Lippische Staatszeitung.
3 large-format photos by photojournalist Schuhmann, Vienna, of the visit of Reich Marshal Göring (with Marshal's baton) accompanied by several Luftwaffe generals at an air base.
Large collection of 183 photographs in various sizes, partially labeled on reverse. Mostly photos with military connection, only a few from Gattersleben's private life.
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Award certificate for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords
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