Officer's chest II. WW/Saxony

Lot 9324 limit € 20

Wooden body with remains of a covering, metal straps for reinforcement, leather handles on the side, document pocket in the lid, marked on the lid. Colonel Kessler including remains of a number, approx. 69 x 34 x 29 cm, strong signs of age and wear (damaged - including water damage , without key, remnants of transport slips); Colonel Hermann Kessler was, among other things, regimental commander of Grenadier Regiment 192, Eastern Front, in October 1942, his field post number 19594: mobilization on January 1, 1940, regimental headquarters, Infantry Regiment 171 (Wehrkreis IV Bautzen), then regimental headquarters and staff company, Grenadier Regiment 171 (March 24, 1944 -6.11.1944) 23.8.1944 deleted, 1944 leader reserve army group C (for use as combat commander), numerous awards: Iron Cross I. Class, German Cross in Gold, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Wound Badge in Silver, original piece from family estate,