AUCTION # 33 ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR & DECORATIONS

A PRIMOZIC, HUBERT GEORG "HUGO" 1ST & 2ND CLASS IRON CROSS

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Start price: $7,500

Estimated price: $10,000 - $12,000

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Oakleaves Winner medal group in a cox with Oakleaves (no Knights Cross), Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, Wound Badge in Silver, East Front Medal, and General Assault Badge. Oakleaves maker 21 Godet. Winner Hugo Georg "Hugo" Primozic. Footnote: Primozic, Hubert Georg "Hugo" StuG III Sturmgeschütz Date of birth: February 16th, 1914 (Backnang/Württemberg, Germany) Date of death: March 18th, 1996 (Fulda/Hesse, Germany) Nationality: German (1933-1945, Third Reich) Biography Promotions: April 1st, 1935: Gefreiter; October 1st, 1936: Obergefreiter; October 1st, 1937: Unteroffizier; April 5th, 1940: Wachtmeister (RDA April 1st, 1940) September 1st, 1942: Oberwachtmeister; February 5th, 1943: Leutnant (RDA February 1st, 1943 -9-); April 16th, 1945: Oberleutnant (RDA January 30th, 1945). Career: April 7th, 1934: Waffenmeister/Geschützführer, 9. Batterie, Artillerie-Regiment (bespannt) 5; October 1st, 1934: Stab, III. / Artillerie-Regiment 5; October 1st, 1935: Stab, III. / Artillerie-Regiment 25; October 8th, 1936: Geschützführer/SF-Unteroffizier, 2. (schwere, bespannte) Batterie / Artillerie-Regiment 51; August 27th, 1939: II. / Artillerie-Regiment 152; October 13th, 1939: 6. Batterie, Artillerie-Regiment 152; February 5th, 1940: OA-Lehrgang, Lehrstab A, Artillerieschule Jüterbog; May 4th, 1940: schwere Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung 309; May 16th, 1940: Zugführer/Batterie-Offizier, II. / Artillerie-Regiment 152; April 26th, 1941: VI. / Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment (mot.) 2; May 6th, 1941: 1. Batterie / Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 200 ; January 9th, 1942: 3. Batterie / Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 200; June 29th, 1942: Zugführer II Zug, 2. Batterie, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667; February 1st, 1943: Hörsaalleiter III. / Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment (mot.) 2; July 15th, 1943: Sturmgeschütz-Lehr-Abteilung; August 15th, 1943: Ausbildungs-Offizier und Hörsaalleiter, Sturmgeschütz-Lehrstab; September 4th, 1943: Hörsaalleiter, Lehrstab, Sturmgeschützschule Burg; January 2nd, 1944: Ausbildungs-Offizier, Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 200; February 1st, 1945: Batteriechef Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 700; ?: Sturmgeschützschule Burg (Kampfgruppe Burg); May 8th, 1945 – August 1st, 1945: American POW.

Dimensions: Case: 7 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 4 1/8 in., (19 x 4 x 10.5 cm.)

Condition: VG.