STADTPLAN von STALINGRAD, City Map of Stalingrad, Wehrmacht situational map w. positions of the 295th and 71st divisions marked up in black pencil, 1942. Map of the Kursk Region on the verso, area of major tank battle on the northern face of the Kursk Bulge. EXC condition.

Order of the Red Banner, Type 2, Var. 3, Sub-var. 1, #62397, awarded to a Naval Infantry Battalion Commander for the Battle of Stalingrad. He showed outstanding leadership and personal courage over the course of Operation Koltso ("Ring"), the final stage of the battle. At the time, his Naval Rifle Brigade was a part of the 64th Army which captured Field Marshal Paulus, commander of the German VI Army. Earlier, the recipient was awarded with an Order of the Red Star for capturing an advantageous position with his naval battalion and killing some 300-350 Germans in hand-to-hand combat in a single engagement in mid-September 1942, during the most difficult period of the defensive phase of the Battle of Stalingrad. In VF condition, outstanding for an early screw back version. Comes with archival research.

Collection of 53 letters from a Wehrmacht soldier with the 297th Infantry Division, destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad, 1940-41. EXC condition.