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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Major Walther Bätz – Beobachtungs Abteilung 69 – Walther PPK – Iron Cross First Class (sold)
Soldbuch is a replacement issued to Bätz in March 1943 with Beobachtungs Abteilung 16 Active in Southern Russia, the unit description can be found here. In 1943 Major Bätz was assigned to: Beobachtungs Abteilung 69 After formation, was transferred to the southern eastern front by rail transport in October 1943. In the spring of 1944, the unit was deployed in the Tarnopol area. In the fall of 1944, withdrew to the Carpathians. In January 1945, was pushed back into Slovakia by the Soviet large-scale attack. The bulk of the unit fell into Russian captivity at the end of the war. Bätz was issued a camo net and had a private Walther PPK Major Bätz had the following awards: 1936 – German Army Service Award – 4th Class 1940 – Westwall Medal July 1941 – Iron Cross Second Class November 1941 – War Merit Cross First Class With Swords August 1942 – Eastern Front Medal January 1943 – Iron Cross First Class July 1943 – General Assault Badge January 1945 – Wounds Badge in Black Final Comments: A Very nice Majors Soldbuch, the picture on this is what makes this second issue really nice, his Iron Cross First Class, Assault Badge and War Merit Cross First Class on one pocket!
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WWII German Soldbuch – Oberfeldwebel Rohrl – France 1944 – Died as a POW in France – Depot 183 – St.Medard-en-Jalles (Gironde) – 11th Panzer Division – Feldzeug Batl 23 – Buried in Berneuil – Iron Cross
A sad Soldbuch story, On the 13.9.1945 – Wolfgang Rohl died in the Prisoner of War Camp in France (St.Medard-en-Jalles, Gironde). He is buried today in the German Military Cemetery in Berneuil. On the page 1 his POW Number and date of death are noted. As well as a Red Cross early hard paper scan of his death certificate. The Soldbuch is a first edition issued to Rohrl as a private in August 1939. Rohrl was born in Pettendorf, and was married, it is unknown if he had children. But the Soldbuch must have been returned some time in 1946/47 to his wife in Amberg. In terms of Soldbuch entries, he was from the first day involved in the war raised the ranks from private to Oberfeldwebel And won the following medals throughout his service: War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords – 26.7.1940 Iron Cross Second Class – 14.3.1942 – 11 Panzer Division Eastern Front Medal – 17.7.1942 – Interesting entry, that he was awarded it in July of 1942, but did not get it till 25.July 1943! War Merit Cross First Class – 1.9.1944 – Issued by Unit: 135037 – Under the 11th Panzer Division – The 11th Panzer Division was part of Case Blue from June 1942 onward, participating in the capture of Voronezh and the drive towards Stalingrad. It avoided being entrapped with the 6th Army in the city but suffered substantial losses during the winter of 1942-43. It was engaged in the failed relief attempt on Stalingrad and then participated in the defence of Rostov, which allowed the German troops retreating from the Caucasus to escape. Which he served with till late 1942 before moving to Feldzeug Batl 23. This term “Feldzeug Batl” includes the troops of an armed force entrusted with the repair of technical equipment, especially in the army. They operated under Heeresgruppe G – By order of April 28, 1944, Army Group G was set up in southern France. This was subordinate to the 1st Army on the Atlantic coast and the 19th Army on the French Mediterranean coast. After the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, the army group withdrew fighting to Lorraine, Alsace and the West Wall until early autumn 1944. Here it was renamed Army Group G. In November 1944 heavy fighting against the 3rd US Army followed. In January 1945, parts of the army group took part in the German Ardennes offensive (Operation Nordwind). In March 1945, the units of the army group were expelled from the left bank of the Rhine and had to retreat to southern Germany. By the end of the war, the remnants of the army group had been pushed back to the northern Alps, the Ore Mountains and the Bohemian Forest. According to this website, the POW Camp 183 – https://www.sudouest.fr/gironde/saint-medard-en-jalles/le-camp-de-prisonniers-en-memoire-9047010.php “Then the course of history was reversed and the Germans became the prisoners of the camp… sometimes guarded by the Senegalese. Anecdote: former colonial prisoners paraded through the streets of Saint-Médard after the Liberation. The story ended worse for the Germans than for the Africans: 490 defeated Reich soldiers, prisoners in the Germignan camp, died there in 1945, probably from an epidemic of typhus.” There was an outbreak in 1945, around 490 prisoners died. It is likely this is what happened to Rohrl, although we will never know because no cause of death was given. We do know the camp was also used for working which included the demining of the area from UXO. Final comments: A very sad story, he survived the Eastern Front, and after being captured in France dies at the end of the Summer of 1945. In the back cover a dried leaf can be found, likely from his time as POW.
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Stabswachtmeister Bogensperger – Heeres Artillerie Korps 411 -Infanterie-Division Ulrich von Hutten – Halbe 1945 (Sold)
Soldbuch opened in September 1939 with Artillerie Regiment 262. Stabswachtmeister Hubert Bogensperger was from Linz, and born in 1908. He served with Artillerie Regiment 262 – 262 Infanterie Division (till 1943) From June 14, 1940, the division attacked the Maginot Line south of Pirmarsens and was able to enclose Bitsch Fortress from the north on June 19. After the end of the western campaign, the division remained in France as an occupying force and moved to Poland in August 1940. On October 1, 1940, a third of the division was handed over to the 137th Infantry Division. (Staff/462, III./462, III./482, III./486, III./AR 262). The levies have been replaced. From June 22, 1941, the division took part in the Russian campaign. From the Tomaszow area, the division crossed the German-Russian border and stormed through Brody, Miropol and north of Zhitomir into the area east of Korosten. Then the Dessna was crossed. This was followed by participation in the battle of encirclement around Kyiv and after its completion the transfer via Konotop and Novgorod-Sseversk to Trubchevsk. In the course of the German attack on Moscow, the division advanced into the area between Yelets and Yefremov. After the start of the Russian counter-offensive in front of Moscow, the division had to withdraw to the Orel area. Between Nowosil and Orel she moved into her new position, in which she held until July 1943. After the termination of the German offensive at Kursk, Operation “Zitadelle”, the division became an army reserve of the 9th Army and was used from August 1943 to ward off the Russian breakthrough between Orel and Bryansk. The division suffered the heaviest losses, so that its strength melted down to that of a combat group. Only the remnants of the division were able to withdraw to the Orscha area. On November 2, 1943, the division was disbanded and formed Division Group 262. Artillerie Regiment 388 – in July 1944 Heeres Artillerie Korps 411 -Infanterie-Division Ulrich von Hutten They were formed in January 1945, and the Stab was assigned toInfanterie-Division Ulrich von Hutten. Already on April 12, 1945 the formation of the division was finished. The division had a strength of around 5,000 men. Already in the night of April 15, 1945, the division moved to the Mulde and was deployed in the Mulde section between Dessau and Bitterfeld. The division’s main battle line ran from south of the blown-up Autobahn bridge of Reichsautobahn 9 (Leipzig-Dessau) across the Mulde between Kleutsch and Möst. The division’s supply units and reserves took up positions east of the Mulde in the area of Kleckewitz, Alt-Jeßnitz, Roßdorf and Mulkdenstein. The first skirmishes with American troops took place near Sandersdorf and Thurland. The division managed to stop the American spearheads who wanted to advance on Bitterfeld. Heavy fighting developed around Thurland during the night of April 16, with most of the village being destroyed. There was further fighting around the towns of Raguhn and Siebenhausen. The heavy fighting lasted until April 20, 1945, on April 21, 1945 the Americans took Bitterfeld. The Infantry Division Ulrich von Hutten was transferred to the Eastern Front with the 12th Army and marched to Wittenberg. There it formed a bridgehead to the north-east and north, which was intended to secure the Elbe line between Wittenberg and Coswig. The division’s task was to secure the town of Wittenberg and the villages north of the town. On the morning of April 25, the division’s regiments that had arrived east and south-east of Wittenberg were engaged in combat with Russian units. The division managed to block the Russian attack on Wittenberg. The division then took part in the 12th Army’s relief attack on Berlin. On the left flank of the XX. Army Corps pushed the division through the villages south of Brück into the Lehnin forest, where heavy forest fighting broke out. The division then marched towards the Autobahn triangle south of Ferch. By April 28, 1945, the heads of the division advanced as far as Ferch, by the evening of April 29 the Bliesendorf – Ferch line had been reached and the town of Hutten had been taken. Here the German advance came to a halt and the division turned to defense. After absorbing the remnants of the 9th Army from the Halbe pocket, the division and the remnants of the 12th Army began to withdraw to the Elbe. By May 8, 1945, the last remnants of the division had been taken prisoner across the Elbe near Tangermünde. Awards: Medal for 1.10.1938 Iron Cross second Class ( Note he was awarded the KVK2 but this was advanced to EK2) Eastern Front Medal War Merit Cross First Class Final Comments: A nice first issue Soldbuch to an important functionary in the unit a Stabswachmeister. Interesting entry for the Iron Cross Second Class as his KVK was crossed out. Late war units like this are highly sought after.
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WWII German Army Soldbuch – Wehrmacht Leutnant Gersch – Artillerie Regiment 168 – 38 Infanterie Division – Sturmtage – Iron Cross First Class-
Soldbuch opened in August 1939 with Artillery Regiment 168. Issued to Paul Gersch from Berlin Rudow, He served with Art Reg 168 till late 1943. The division was already operational at the beginning of the Polish campaign, so that on September 1, 1939 the division became an army reserve of the 4th Army. From the area north of Kraków, the division advanced through Sandomierz to Janow. After the end of the Polish campaign, the division was used as an occupation force in Poland until November 1939 and then transferred to the 16th Army on the Moselle north of Trier. At the beginning of the western campaign, the division was the army reserve of AOK 16 and only took part in the second phase of the campaign, the “Battle of France”. They marched from south of Sedan to Epinal. Already in July 1940 the division was transferred to eastern Poland for border security. On October 15, 1940, the division sold a third of its inventory (Stab IR 196, I./169, I./118 I./196) to the 340th Infantry Division. The levies have been replaced. From June 22, 1941, the division took part in the Russian campaign. The division advanced across the San from the Yaroslav area. The division advanced past Lemberg via Vinnitsa to the Cherkassy area. Here the division formed the flank protection of the 6th and 17th armies. In October 1941 the division continued its advance through Poltava to Kharkov. Heavy winter fighting then broke out in the Izyum am Donets area. These were to last until May 1942. After that, the division took part in offensive battles on Izyum and Znamenka. In the summer of 1942 the division marched to Voronezh-on-Don. Here the division remained in trench warfare until February 1943, when the division had to join the German retreat after the defeat of Stalingrad. Defensive battles and positional battles followed on the Oskol, near Gorshetsnoye and in the Ssumy area west of Kursk. In July 1943, defensive and retreat battles followed on the Dnieper. The division then stood until November 1943. On November 1, 1943, the division was converted into an infantry division of a new type 44 and the third battalions of the three regiments were dissolved. In November 1943 the division moved to the Radomyshl area and was in December 1943 near Zhitomir. It was in this room that it was smashed in January 1944. The remnants of the division were pulled from the front and collected and refreshed at the Demba military training area He then was a trainer at the: Schule für Fahnenjunker der Artillerie Lehrgang VIII School for Officer Cadets of the Artillerie In March of 1945, Gersch was wounded with an infantry bullet (I.G) and in May of 1945 he is back again in hospital in Hamburg due to a code 34: accident of self mutilation. So one thing is clear he certainly seen action after his training. Issued a FN Pistol and later a Mod 27 Pistol. Medals Eastern Front Medal Iron Cross Second Class Iron Cross First Class Assault Days 28.01.1943 – Alarm Regiment 1 (Einheit Embacher) 29.01.1943 – Alarm Regiment 1 Included in the back of the Soldbuch are the 10 Rules for German Soldiers. Final Comments: A nice Soldbuch to a real combat Officer. Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross. Interestingly, after his deployment with his Officer rank it seems he once again seen combat, although I am unsure with who. Maybe the School or maybe back to his old unit? Missing one page 13/14
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WWII German Army Wehrpass – Obergefreiter Giesecke – Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 – 1 Fallschirmjäger-Division – Green Devils – KIA in Naples Italy 1944 – Rare (Sold)
Giesecke volunteered for service in late 1940, and was sent directly for training as a Paratrooper in March of 1941 in Stendal. He entered Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 in July of 1941 until his death in Italy in July of 1943. 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division The 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division was formed from 7. Flieger-Division in April 1943 and was sent to Avignon, France, as a reserve force for rest and refitting. Following the Allied landings on Sicily it was sent to Italy with Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 3 making a parachute jump into Catania on Sicily on 12 July to secure the airport. It was forced to make a fighting withdrawal along with the rest of the German forces and it was the last unit to leave on 17 August. The division famously fought at Monte Cassino which formed a part of the German Gustav Line from January to May 1944, stubbornly resisting the Allied forces from the bombed monastery earning the nickname “Green Devils” before withdrawing further north. Regimental History The 7th Flieger-Division received the order to move to the eastern front to support the army. On September 27th, the Parachute Regiment 1 with its I. and III. Battalion and the II. / Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment, which had been subordinated to the regiment instead of the II Train and truck to the Neva front south of Schluesselburg, where Russian units have been trying to cross the Neva towards Leningrad for several days. They were able to form a bridgehead at Petrushkino and Vyborgskaya. The II./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment was deployed at the Petrushkino bridgehead from 29 September. The I. and III. Battalion of the 1st Parachute Regiment replaced the 1st Infantry Division in Schluesselburg and south of it along the Neva to Wyborgskaya on September 29th and 30th. On October 6, 1941, the severely weakened II./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment was replaced by the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3. During December 1941 the regiment was detached from the front and returned to Germany. The fighting in Russia had caused heavy casualties. In April 1942 the regiment, together with the 7th Flieger-Division, moved to France in Normandy for further refresher training. At the end of September 1942 the regiment returned to its home bases in Germany. In October 1942 the regiment was transferred by rail transport via Minsk to Rudnya. The VI. Subordinated to the Army Corps, the 7th Air Division took over an approximately 90 km wide combat zone in the line Demidov – Dukhovshchina – Jarcewo at the end of October. In January 1943, during the Russian winter offensive that began in December, the division repulsed all Russian advances on Vitebsk and Smolensk. In the period from January 11 to 20, 1943, the III. Battalion deployed in the 205th Infantry Division near Welikiye-Luki to relieve the army units trapped there. In heavy fighting, the battalion enabled the surrounded army units to break out of the city. In the second half of February 1943, the Russian forces attacking north from the Kursk area succeeded in making a deep penetration into the positions of the 2nd Panzer Army south of Orel. The parachute regiment was deployed against this impending breakthrough. The regiment was detached from its positions north of Smolensk on February 27, 1943 and transferred to the threatened front section near Dmitrovsk. In a series of counterattacks at Alexeyevka, Stolbezkoje, Stepanowka and Nagornyj brought the regiment with the II. and III. Battalion halted the Soviet counterattack on Orel. The 1st Battalion was deployed at Dimitrovsk and from 28 February to 3 March prevented further advance north. By the end of March 1943, the regiment, together with the units of the XXXVI. Panzer Corps reconsolidate the front south of Orel. On March 30, 1943, the regiment was detached from its positions and transferred to Normandy, France, to be refreshed again. At the beginning of June 1943, the regiment was transferred to the new assembly room near Avignon in southern France and served there in the formation of the 1st Parachute Division together with the 2nd Parachute Division as the OKW’s operational reserve for the southern front. After the Allies landed in Sicily on July 10, 1943, the 1st Parachute Regiment was transferred by rail to the airfields near Naples. However, due to the general situation on the island, a planned jump mission to Sicily did not take place. The regiment was then relocated to the Ginosa – Matera – Mottola – Massafra area to repel an expected Allied landing in the Gulf of Taranto. The regiment was subordinate to the III. Battalion, the II. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 and the 14th / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4. After the surrender of Italy on September 8, 1943 and the Allied landing at Salerno the following day, the 1st Fallschirmjäger-Division became the staff and the I. Battalion of the Parachute Regiment 3, the III. / Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1 and the I. and III. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 deployed against the Allied beachhead. After it became clear on September 18, 1943 that it would not be possible to throw the Allies back into the sea, the LXXVI. Army corps subordinated units to defense at Salerno. The units of the 1st Parachute Division were detached from the front and built up a defensive front in Apulia against the British 1st Parachute Division that had landed in the Gulf of Taranto. The British paratroopers arrived on Sept. 10 Death: According to the Wehrpass and research conducted on Ancestry (Record Card is not part of the offer it is online at Ancestry) , it seems he was killed due to a bombing raid on their location (Naples, Italy) in July 1944. It seems he was not the only one killed as a result as there are others listed from the same company as KIA during the same raid.
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WWII Imperial Japanese Navy IJN Type 1 Mark III Transceiver – Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” – Type 1 – Air Force – 2nd Known Example – Very Rare
WWII Imperial Japanese Navy IJN Type 1 Mark III Transceiver for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero ‘Type 1 Air Force, Air No. 3 Radio Matsushita Electric Corporation Aircraft Division, February 1945’ with Navy Acceptance Anchor. Matsushita Electric eventually became the Panasonic Corporation. This Exceptional Imperial Japanese Zero Radio is the Successor A6M Communication System to the Type 96-1 Transmitter / Receiver. This Particular Radio is the 2 nd Example of the Type 1 Mark III Transceiver Known to Exist, the Only Other Known Example Worldwide Resides in The UEC Radio Museum in Tokyo (see: https://www.museum.uec.ac.jp/database/sf/sf350/s355.html ). Museum Grade
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WWII Soviet Army Identification Booklet – Sergeant Anna Roschina – Radio Operator Sevastopol 1941/1942 – Original Photo – Rare ID (Sold)
1. Surname: Roshchina. 2. First and middle name: Anna Kupriyan. 3.Date of birth: 1921 4.Place of birth: Moscow 5.Nationality: Russian 6. Education: 7 grades of school 3. Rank and position: junior sergeant in charge of production. 4. Name of the unit: headquarters of the 88th Air Defense Division. 5.Conscripted on: 1942 6. Specialty before conscription: typist Passage of service: •Battalion 50 06 VNOS, 2nd regiment (radio operator) – 1942. This battalion participated in defending Sevastopol in 1941-1942. •Headquarters of 88th Air Defense Division (in charge of production) – 1944. •On the basis of the order of the Deputy NPO of the USSR, number 0200 dated 18.07.44, she was transferred to the position of a civilian, leaving her in the Red Army. Fired: Demobilized on the basis of the decree of the President of the Supreme Council of 06/23/45. Awards: •Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class •Medal “40 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War” •War veteran’s certificate awarded on 04.09.79 Final Comments: This ID is just marvellous, with the originally applied photo wearing the Urshanka, finding these with photos is nearly impossible for Wartime Issue.
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WWII US Army – 5th Armored Division – 387th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion – Silver Ring – Ardennes 1944
Wonderful Original Theater Made WW2 U.S. Army 5th Armored “Victory” Division 387th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (Mechanized) German Silver (.800 Marked) Signet Ring, Size 9. The 387th Automatic Weapons Battalion was Assigned to The 5th Armored Division from 1 August 1944 to 25 March 1945 and Saw Extensive Combat Including The Battle of The Bulge
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WWI US Army 6th Infantry Division – German Occupation 1919 – Silver Signet Ring
WWI US Army 6th Infantry Division German Occupation 1919 Silver Signet Ring Size 11.5 Wonderful Original WWI Army 6th Infantry Division German Occupation 1919 German .800 Silver (tested not marked) Signet Ring Size 11.5 & Weight 7.9 Grams – Good Worn Condition as Photographed with moderate personal wear as seen – Recent Estate Acquisition & Presented as Acquired, Very Rare ORDER OF BATTLE Activated: November 1917 Subordinate Units: Headquarters, 6th Division 11th Infantry Brigade 51st Infantry Regiment 52nd Infantry Regiment 17th Machine Gun Battalion 12th Infantry Brigade 53rd Infantry Regiment 54th Infantry Regiment 18th Machine Gun Battalion 6th Field Artillery Brigade 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 11th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 78th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 6th Trench Mortar Battery 16th Machine Gun Battalion 318th Engineer Regiment 6th Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 6th Division 6th Train Headquarters and Military Police 6th Ammunition Train 6th Supply Train 6th Engineer Train 6th Sanitary Train 20th, 37th, 38th, and 40th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals The division went overseas in June 1918, and saw 43 days of combat. Casualties totaled 386 (KIA: 38; WIA: 348). The 6th Division saw combat in the Geradmer sector, Vosges, France, 3 September – 18 October 1918, and during the Meuse-Argonne offensive 1–11 November 1918. Separately the 11th Field Artillery Battalion became engaged earlier in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and fought from 19 October to the Armistice.
