December 2021 Auction
Lot 1049:
Not sold
Description
OTTO KUMM/(1909 – 2004) SS-Brigadefuhrer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. War-date signed as the Division Commander of 18-SS Division 1p. oblong Jan. 30 1944 an award certificate to one SS-Unterscharfuhrer Johann Marjan signed at the conclusion in blue ink. very good to fine.After Vienna fell to the Red Army in the Vienna Offensive, the bulk of the LSSAH division surrendered to U.S. forces in the Steyr area on 8 May 1945. Kumm was held at the Dachau internment camp administered by the US Army. Kumm avoided extradition to Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes by fleeing over the wall of the camp.
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