Auction 106
April Militaria & Autographs Auction
By Fairhill Auction LLC
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Apr 12, 2022
227 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921, United States
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This auction includes 557 lots of select militaria and autographs.
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LOT 49:
GUNTHER-EBERHARDT WISLICENY
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Sold for: $120
Start price:
$
100
Estimated price :
$200 - $400
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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GUNTHER-EBERHARDT WISLICENY
(1912-1985) German Waffen-SS Obersturmbannfuhrer. He was posted to the Der Fuhrer Regiment which was one of several regiments responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in June 1944. In retaliation for the death of an SS guard, several regiments came to this village and closed it off. Women and children were locked in a church and the men were led to a barn. The SS guards shot the men, covered them in fuel, and proceeded to light the barn on fire. The officers placed an incendiary device near the church and ignited it. Their actions murdered 247 women and 205 children. The town was partially destroyed. For his actions in the war, Wisliceny received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After the war, he was investigated and jailed but then released in 1951. Signed in blue ink on the obverse. 3.25 x 5 inches.
