Assorted Wartime & Post War Paperwork Owned By General Karl Mauss (KC With Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds)

General Dr Karl Mauss (17 May 1898 – 9 February 1959)

A paperwork grouping comprising of several documents both wartime and post war relating to his military service. His signature is also included.

Karl Mauss was German military officer and dentist who fought in both world wars. As a general during World War II, he commanded the 7th Panzer Division and was one of only 27 German military men to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.
At the start of World War II, Mauss served with the 20th Motorized Infantry Division, with which he participated in the September 1939 Invasion of Poland. In May 1940, his 10th Panzer Division took part in the Battle of France together with Heinz Guderian's XIX Army Corps. In the second phase of the campaign, Mauss participated in the battles against the French 7th Army. In June 1941, Mauss took part in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. In November 1941, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. From March 1942 to January 1944, he commanded Panzer Grenadier regiment 33. In April 1942, he was promoted to Oberst; he was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross in November 1943. In January 1944, he took command of the 7th Panzer Division. Mauss was promoted to Generalmajor on 1 April 1944, and to Generalleutnant on 1 October 1944. On 23 October 1944, he received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. In February 1945, he was seriously injured and had a leg amputated. In this grouping, a letter regarding a prosthetic limb replacement is included. He received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds on 15 April 1945. Reports that he was promoted to General der Panzertruppe in April are undocumented. After the war, Mauss again worked as a dentist in his own practice. He died in 1959 following a lengthy illness.

We have included this write up and photographs with the folder for display purposes.

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