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WWII German Army Soldbuch Grouping – Uffz Wilhelm Schamp – 37 Close Combat Days – Close Combat Clasp Silver – 96 Infanterie Division – Rare (Reserved)
Soldbuch issued to Wilhelm Schamp from Dannenberg/Elbe Germany. He served with: Infanterie Regiment 283 Grenadier Regiment 283 Panzerjäger Abteilung 196 All part of the 96 Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht (History Below) The 96th Infantry Division was set up on September 25, 1939 at the Bergen military training area near Celle during World War XI as the 5th Wave Division. The division was equipped with Czech equipment; in addition to WWXI, the personnel came from WWVI and II as well as the HGr. South. From 1941 the division was equipped with German equipment. The division should be ready for field use by November 1, 1939. The 13th companies of the infantry regiments were heavy mortar companies. After the formation, the division moved to the Upper Rhine in December to secure the German western border. From May 10th the division took part in the western campaign. She crossed the Ardennes and advanced via Sedan to Laon. Here the division turned south and marched via Chemin des Dames, the Marne and Loire to Bourges. Between August 1940 and February 1941 the division was on leave. On April 2, 1941, the 13th companies of the infantry regiments became IG companies, which were taken over by the 246th Infantry Division. After re-enlistment, the division was in France. From July 1941 she took part in the Russian campaign. The division marched via Vilna, Disna and Opochka into the area west of Lake Ilmen. Fighting on the Luga followed in August. In September the division advanced across the Ischora to the Neva near Leningrad. In 1942 the division was reduced to six battalions (dissolution of I./283, I./284 and III./287). From October 1941 to February 1942 there were fighting between Schliselburg and the mouth of the Tosna south of Lake Ladoga and at the Volkhov Pocket near Mostki. The division was then deployed in 1942 at Maluska, Pogostje, Winjagolowo and Konduja. From December 1942 to February 1943, the division was deployed in the winter battle in the “bottleneck” between Shlisselburg and Mga, on the southern bank of Lake Ladoga, on the Neva, on the Sinjavino Heights and on the Popostje pocket – defensive battles followed until the end of 1943 Volkhov and on the Tigoda. In January 1944 the division was transferred to Ukraine and deployed in the Shepetovka-Starkonstantinov area. From March to December there were retreating battles in the Hube Pocket to the south. After breaking through to the west at Kamenets-Podolsk, the division was refreshed in June 1944. This was followed by costly retreats across skala into the Tarnopol area and defensive battles on the Tarnopol-Lemberg runway. By the end of the year the division withdrew via the area south of Lemberg and via Sanok to the Small Beskydy Mountains southeast of Tarnow. In January 1945 the division moved to Hungary and took part in the advance south west of the mouth of the Gran. Defensive battles followed south of the Danube, in the Tata-Tarjan-Bajna-Sarisap-Coslnok area, where the division was surrounded. After breaking out of the pocket in Noden in March 1945, the division marched across the Danube and then west into the Pressburg area. The retreat continued north past Vienna to Lower Austria in the Waldviertel and the Freistadt area, where the division was taken prisoner by the Americans at the end of the war. Some of the division’s members were then handed over to the Red Army. Awards. Wounds Badge in Black – December 1941 Iron Cross Second Class – March 1942 Infantry Assault Badge – February 1942 Wounds Badge in Gold – August 1944 Close Combat Badge in Bronze & Silver Grade – September 1944 Iron Cross First Class – January 1945 – Panzerjäger Abt 196 Close Combat Days 37 Total Days Entered in the Soldbuch 11.8.1941 – Meschink 14.8.1941 – Teschelino 29.81941 – Proletarskaja 30.8.1941 – Gorkj 1.9.1941 – Mercedesstern 13.1.1944 – Chrolln 14.1.1944 – “ 15.1.1944 – “ 19.1.1944 – Labun 20.1.9144 – “ 21.1.1944 – “ 22.1.1944 – “ 23.1.1944 – “ 27.1.1944 – Chrolln 28.1.1944 – Medwedewka 29.1.1944 – “ 30.1.1944 “ 1.2.1944 Höhe 299.3 9.2.1944 – Höhen vor Medwedewka 10.2.1944 – “ 11.2.1944 – Medwedewka 12.2.1944 – “ 23.2.1944 – “ 4.3.1944 – Labun 6.3.1944 – G (?) 7.3.1944 – Saluffe 12.3.1944 – (?) 21.3.1944 – Alopin (?) 22.3.1944 – T (?) 25.3.1944 – I (?) aska 26.3.1944 – (?) 27.3.1944 – (?) 3.4.1944 T (?) 10.4.1944 – M (?) 14.4.1944 – Nagor (?) 15.4.1944 “ 24.4.1944 “ Only 9,500 Close Combat Clasps in Silver were Awarded, Schamp is on the archive award list (See Below). The grouping comes with all the pictured items from Schamp, including his matching dog tag and Necklace. Also included are his other papers, which includes a certificate from the Division. Very rare Soldbuch.
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WWII Swiss Embassy Protection Letter – For Berlin 1945 – Swiss Citizen – Rare
This is quite rare and unique – Schutzbrief A 1944 Swiss letter of protection for a Berlin woman In the summer of 1944, the approaching and inevitable catastrophe becoming more and more clear. A significant Swiss community lived in Berlin during the war; lived in 1928 still 55,800, in 1945 still 20,000 Swiss in Germany. Also for these Swiss it was clear what danger ultimately threatened Berlin The Swiss embassy at Königsplatz in Berlin remained open until the end of hostilities active. In the final phase of the Battle of Berlin, the embassy building was destroyed at the end of April 1945 occupied by Soviet troops and served as a base during the conquest of the Reichstag. The members of the embassy who remained in the house were initially kept in the basement imprisoned and transported to Moscow after the end of the war, from where they only left months later were allowed to return. Before the end of the Second World War, the Swiss Confederation supplied its… Compatriots living in Germany with so-called letters of protection. The letters of protection were clearly visible on the front door before the (expected) winners arrived attached. The occupying troops had a great need for quarters and occupied them therefore the houses of the Germans, but not those with these letters of protection marked Swiss apartments. Featured in a Book Berlin 1945 – Coming out 2024/2025.
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WWII Red Army Soldier – Guards Soldiers Grouping – Battle of Berlin – Red Army Book with Photo – Rare (Sold)
$355.00Here we have a large grouping from a Soviet Guards Soldier who fought in the Battle of Berlin with the 31st Guards Artillery. Incredible is the amount of Certificate for capturing the different locations. This is a rare set, and comes with his Red Army ID Papers. This comes with some research .
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WWII Red Army Propaganda – Rare Poster – Hitlers Come and Go, German People Remain – Stalin 1945 – Berlin 1945 – Rare
This incredibly rare Soviet Poster comes from a Berlin Collection. History has shown us, the Hitlers come and go, but the German People and state remains Stalin This too is featured in Berlin 1945 Book of Stories. We have not been able to find another example of this poster available, it is quite large bigger than two a4 pagers. Extremely Rare
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WWII Red Army Certificate for the Capture of Berlin – Major Zhukov – IS2 & SU76 Tanks – Reichstag Battle – Rare Researched
Nice original certificate for Major Zhukow, Unit: 1st Belorussian Front, 9th Tank Corps. 3rd Shock Army Zhukow lead a unit of IS2 & SU76s – destroying hundreds of enemy soldiers. Battle of the Seelow Heights 1945 Battle of Berlin 1945 Detailed descriptions online of the Majors actions in Germany in 1945. He also had many awards, including the Order of Suvorov and the Order of the Red Banner. Interestingly, his unit fought side by side the 79th Rifle Corps during the attack on the Reichstag. Comes with his print out from the Russian Archives.
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WWII Red Army Postcard – Sent from Berlin Cellar During Battle 1945 – Mentioned in a Book – Translated – Rare
A very interesting postcard, written in the basement of a Berlin House during the battle. This is featured in a book on the Battle of Berlin 1945, should be published this year. Translation Dear friend! I have received all your letters and am very glad and thank you many times, the only letters that I recieved, are yours. I congratulate you, and your relatives, with May 1st – day. I am writing this postcard sitting in a cellar in Berlin, so we have taken it, you may congratulate us. Besides, I was awarded the “Red Star Order”. Enough now, I’ll write more later.I embrace everybody and shake hands and wish you all the best with your exams. – Nikolay. (Sgt BESPALOV – 52330) * The Russians entered Berlin on April 22nd * The red stamp 27.4.45 is the date the unit “postal service” accepted the Postcard
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WWII Red Army Soviet Postcard – Sent From Potsdam Berlin 1945 to Russia – Translated – Rare
(stamp) Field mail of the USSR 25.4.45 (stamp) Arkhangelsk Center USSR 554512 (stamp) VIEWED by Military censorship 19522 City of Arkhangelsk Petrogradskiy prospect house № 246 apartment № 3 Karpova Claudia Afanasievna Field mail 03757 Potsdam – 23rd Guards Rifle Division Hello from Berlin. Again there is no time (?) to write a letter, so (?) I am writing a postcard, otherwise you are probably worried. I live well and everything is great and already clav (?) in Berlin. But even in the very center I was not, you know, the city is very big. I don’t know about the center, but the suburbs are not very destroyed: yes, a large, culturally clean city. Although the weather is still cool again, all sorts of fruit trees are blooming. On this note I’m finishing, I will write in detail in the letter. Goodbye for now, my dear and beloved Claudia (?). Kiss, your Shura.
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1946 KPD ID – Communist Party Germany – Original Post War ID – Rare
Here we have an original KPD ID for a German in Post War East Germany. I have not found another one of these dated 1946. Seems to be quite rare.
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WWII Soviet Army at the Reichstag Berlin 1945 – Poster
Very nice Poster made in 1964 Moscow. Its about four times bigger than A4, printed on material. Depicting the Soviet Army at the Reichstag in Berlin 1945, nit seen another!
