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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Grenadier Heinrich Schodl – Grenadier Regiment 474 – 254 Infanterie Division – Wounded by Grenade Fragments
Soldbuch opened in late 1944 to Heinrich Schodl Served with Grenadier Regiment 474 On May 10, 1944, Grenadier Regiment 474 and the III Battalion of Artillery Regiment 254 were disbanded and replaced by the remnants of the disbanded 82nd Infantry Division. On July 4, 1944, Division Group 82 was redesignated Grenadier Regiment 474, and this regiment had been disbanded in April 1944 and replaced by Grenadier (Officer Cadet) Regiment 1238. The subsequent fighting retreat led the division through the Carpathian Mountains to the Košice area and finally into Silesia. The division was taken prisoner by the Russians in the Deutsch-Brod area. Schold was wounded in March 1945 (31b) by grenade fragments.
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WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch ID – Stabsgefreiter Voss – Gem Flak Abteilung (mot) 12 – Italy 1944/45
Issued to Voss in September 1939. Served with: 1939 – Festungs-Flak-Abteilung 33 1942 – Leichte Flak Abteilung 951 – based in Nürnberg 1943 – Z.b.V Batterie 2014 – based in Nürnberg 1943/1944 – Flak Regiment 12 – 17th Flak Division – Fighting in Russia June 1944 – Gem Flak Abteilung (mot) 12 From July 1, 1944, the unit was deployed to protect the Arno crossings and combat enemy attacks on the Arno bridgehead. In mid-September, the unit withdrew to the Futa Pass, part of the “Green Line,” where it engaged in heavy defensive fighting. The 1st Battalion of the 12th Flak Regiment followed the gradual withdrawal of army units to central and northern Italy. At the end of October/beginning of November, it was deployed in the Bologna area and at Sasso Marconi, where it remained for the winter months. On March 5, 1945, the unit changed positions and was tasked with protecting the Reno bridges in Bologna. On April 12, 1945, following the start of the Allied spring offensive, the unit left Boulogna, crossed the Po River south of Mantua, and then continued its advance to Lake Garda. There, it relied on cooperation with the 8th Mountain Division. On April 14, the unit reached Neumarkt via Trento. After heavy defensive fighting, the Apennine defenses collapsed at the end of April 1945. The subsequent retreat saw Flak Battalion I./12 advance along the Brenner Pass road to Innsbruck, which was reached at the end of April 1945. On May 1 and 2, the unit fought against American tanks at the Zirler Pass. The unit then moved to Hall. Beyond Hall, the 5th Battery was overtaken and destroyed by the American armored vanguard. The remainder of the unit took up a final firing position near the village of Söll in Tyrol on May 4, 1945. On May 8, 1945, the remnants of the unit surrendered to American forces. May 1945 – II Batl Unterabschnitt D2 – POW Unit Awards Westwall Medal – 1940 Final Notes Note: Pages 9 & 10 Weapons and eye test missing and 15/16 missing – nothing important.
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch ID – Wilhelm Wolf – Pionner Batallion 342 – 342 Inf Div – Issued Grenade Launcher – Halbe Pocket 1945 (Hold)
Issued to Wolf in April 1943 He served in various replacement/training units until he was assigned to the: Pionner Batallion 342 – 342 Infanterie Division When the Russians broke out of the bridgehead in January 1945, the division was almost completely destroyed during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, but it fought on as a kampfgruppe until it was encircled in the Halbe pocket during the Battle for Berlin. Some members of the division managed to escape westwards to surrender to the United States Army at Travemünde near Lübeck on the Baltic Sea. Wounded with a grenade fragment (31b) in December of 1944, was found fit for duty again in March 1945 and sent to a replacement unit in Vienna for transfer to a fighting unit. It is highly likely given the front had not collapsed that he made it back to his unit and was thus encircled in the Halbe Pocket south of Berlin in April/May 1945. Equipment Iron Rations K98 Rifle with the Gewehrgranatgerät (Grenade Launcher!) Not seen this entry before! 12.1944 – Issued Winter Clothing such as the Filzstiefel, Fur Hat. Awards Wounds Badge in Black – January 1945
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WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch ID – Obergefr Johann Lauer – Jäger Regiment 28 (L) – 14. Feld-Division (L) – 20. Gebirgs-Armee – Wehrmachtsbefehlsstelle Norwegen
Lauer served with various technical units until early 1943, he was then assigned to a ground combat unit of the Luftwaffe which was put under the Wehrmacht control! Feb 1943 – March 1945 – Jäger Regiment 28 (L) The regiment was transferred to Norway in January 1943 and deployed there as an occupation force. On November 1, 1943, the regiment was integrated into the army (renaming to Jäger Regiment 28 (L)). March – April 1945 – Jäger Regiment 55 (L) The Luftwaffe Jäger Regiment 55 was formed in April 1945 as the third regiment of the 14th Luftwaffe Field Division. Remained in Norway Issued a FN Pistol, an folding spade among other normal combat equipment. He was also awarded a War Merit Cross Second Class with swords in April 1945 with the 14 LW Feld Division.
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch ID & Award Documents – Tech-Oberinspektor Josef Friesch – Festungs Artillerie Stab 7 – Iron Cross (Layaway)
Interesting Grouping to an interesting career Wehrmacht Soldier / Officer. Friesch served with Flak Regiment 25 pre-war and then was assigned to a Technical Inspection Role, which was not free from the fight, clearly as he was awarded the Iron Cross! 1939 – 1940 Festungs Artillerie Stab 7 Very little is known about this Fortress unit, although according to the Soldbuch there is clear indication that they fell under the Generalkommando XXIV Armee Korps. ¨ His Iron Cross Second Class – Award Document confirms this 20.7.1940 – Gen Kdo XXIV AK – signed by an unknown Generallt. At the time of the awarding this would have been Festungs -Lehrabteilung Lager The village of Althöfchen was located on the northwestern edge of the military district on the Obra River. Today, the village is called Stary Dworek, belongs to the municipality of Bledzew, and lies in Poland, about 20 km southwest of Skwierzyna (Schwerin). There were no barracks in the town. In the autumn of 1944, the Festungs Lehr Abt was stationed there, which was then transferred west to form Festungs Lehr Batl 112. It is clear that by January 1945 his unit was sent to the West, the War Merit Cross with Sword with Award certificate shows the signature of General der Flieger Karl Kitzinger who was at that time the leader of Oberbefehlshaber im Festungsbereich West. Weapons – he has his Own Walther PK Pistol. Other Awards, Medal for the 1st October 1938, Luftwaffe 12 Year (3rd Class) Service Medal. Some extra paperwork include award certificates, drivers Licence, Sports Badge Booklet with Weimar era Uniformed Photo. Nice lot, and could be the basis of further research as the units sadly do not have much information online.
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WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch ID Grouping – Pilot NCO Gerhard Lippmann – Nachtjageschwarder 101 – FL Sonderkommando ObL – Pilot Badge
Lippmann clearly wanted to bump his rank up by forging the promotions to Hauptmann, this included him removing his photo. It is clear he did not get promoted to Officer Rank, I have checked the Officer Career Summaries and he is not listed as having been promoted to Officer. Served with: In 1943 till early 1944 I – Nachtjagdgeschwader 101 10 / Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 Then in April 1944 with: I /Jagdgeschwader 302 FL Sonderkommando Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (LP) – Based at Dedelsdorf airfield was likely a flight testing facility. By 1945 Lippmann was sent to Flak Abteilung 1003, and later Flak Regiment 255 Captured and interned in POW Camp in Bellaria June 1945. Awards It seems on page two he added more awards beside his fake promotions. His real awards were, Hj-Leistungsabzeichen, Deutsch Segelflieger Abzeichen, Reichssportabzeichen, Pilots Badge (1943) Died in March 2018
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch ID – Gefreiter Rudolf Eicher – Einweisungs Abteilung 1008 – West Wall Medal – Minty Soldbuch!
Soldbuch opened in December 1943 Eicher was from Munich Germany. Served with: Stellungsbau-Rahmen-Bataillon 1008 Einweisungs-Abteilung 1008 The unit was deployed as an army troop in the Oppeln area, in military district VIII. Interestingly there is a Security Check on 1.09.1944 – it seems it was by Hoherer Pionier-Fuhrer z.b.V. 104 – 9th Army Awards: 26.2.1945 – West Wall Medal – Hoherer Pionier-Fuhrer z.b.V XI Captured by the Red Army – Page 8c – August 1946 entry from Red Army Military Command.
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WWII German Waffen-SS Soldbuch ID – SS Rottenführer Josef Tischer – SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment ” Das Reich ” – SS Artillerie Regiment 54 – Nederland – Kurland 1944 – SS Artillerie Regiment 23 – Oder / Halbe 1945 – POW – Rare unit!
Frontline Units: SS Korps Nachrichten Abteilung 1943 – Injections SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment ” Das Reich “ It seems he was with them in the Summer of 1943 At the end of June 1943, the division took up its starting position west of Belgorod for the impending German offensive at Kursk. From June 5, 1943, the division participated in Operation Citadel and advanced on the town of Berezov. On June 6, the division was in the Luchki area, and on July 11, it was 3.5 km from Prokhorovka. On July 18, 1943, the division’s offensive was called off. It was withdrawn from the front and prepared for transfer to Italy after the Allied landings in Sicily. SS Artillerie Regiment 54 – Nederland – Stabsbattr – 4. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Brigade Nederland (Payment Group Change – Page 22 – 1.2.1944, Equipment Issued – 12.4.1944, Last Entry was a promotion in January 1945) On January 15, 1944, the brigade endured its first heavy defensive battles. Elements of the brigade succeeded in liberating the encircled 9th and 10th Luftwaffen Field Divisions . As early as January 26, 1944, the brigade received orders to move to the so-called “Panther” position along the Narva River . After heavy defensive fighting, a new position was established in early February 1944. After several smaller battles in February, a new Soviet offensive followed from March 11, 1944. By June 30, 1944, the brigade had 6,714 men. During the major Soviet summer offensive, the first elements of the brigade were ordered to withdraw from the front line on July 24, 1944. The SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 served as the rearguard, was encircled, and subsequently destroyed by Soviet troops. The remainder of the brigade was deployed in the “Tannenberg” position. On September 21, 1944, the III SS Panzer Corps ordered the re-establishment of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48. For this purpose, the remnants of the regiment were shipped to Germany and re-established at the Hammerstein military training area, primarily with members of the Kriegsmarine . The brigade saw action in Courland south of Dobele until September 28 and was immediately involved in heavy defensive fighting. On October 12, 1944, the brigade was given command of the area south of Liepāja and a few days later south of Priekule . In the heavy fighting that followed, the brigade’s front was repeatedly breached. On January 16, 1945, the brigade still had a strength of 5,751 men. After relatively quiet days, the Red Army launched a major attack on the entire front in front of Liepāja on January 21, 1945. After heavy fighting, the brigade was withdrawn from the front line. On January 28, 1945, the brigade was loaded onto ships in Liepāja and transported to Stettin. SS Artillerie Regiment 23 – Stab – The 23. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Nederland (niederlandische Nr. 1) It fought on the Eastern front seeing action on the Oder and south of Berlin where it was caught in the Halbe pocket, before surrendering to US forces at the end of the war. Issued Items Pair of Drivers Gloves, and Protection Glasses – June 1944 Feb 1945 – Rifle Awards Black Wounds Badge – 2.9.1943 Payments 4.1942 – FPNr 04962 – Putzgeld 8.1943 – FPNr 24262 – Wehrsold & Frontzulage 9.1944 – Fontzulage Post War payments – POW Camp Final Notes Comes with his POW Release Document Bad entries – he bumped himself up a rank and awarded himself an EK1 & EK2 – these are 100% post war entries in an otherwise really desirable and interesting Soldbuch. Especially because it seems he made it out of Kurland and was part of the unit in the Halbe that made it to the US lines!
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WWII German DRK Verwendungsbuch & Erkennungsmarke – DRK Nurse Hanna Zander – Tag – Freiwillige Krankenpflege Wehrkreis XI
Interesting set, issued to Volunteer Nurse Hanna Zander, with matching EKM. Wehrkreis XI – Hannover Some pages are missing but none the less, an original matching combo that you do not see all too often.
