Hi Everyone
I recently bought this Luftwaffe sword which has an etched dedication on both sides of the blade. The sword is an aluminium Eickhorn with the following inscription deeply etched;
Herrn Hauptmann H. Ehrich
Bur Erinnerung an Weihaachten/Neujahr 1941/42
I think translates as:
Captain H. Ehrich
In Rememberance of Christmas/New Year 1941/42
I am really interested in trying to locate some information or career history on this officer, does anyone have an idea how I could go about this? I know a few collectors specialise in personalised blades, Gustavo comes to mind with some of his pieces which he managed to locate amazing documentation on...
Any ideas on where to start, anyone I should contact, anybody offer a tracing service??? Is there a Luftwaffe rank list I could find? I have had some good advice on this sword already from some willing collectors, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I would sure like to know what captain Ehrich did over Christmas and New Year 1941 to get given this sword
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