A nice Soldbuch issued to Hermann Detmer in Höxter 1944 with a Pioneer Unit. Detmer was assigned to a few units conducting Pionner work, focusing on bridge building. In 1944, he was assigned to Grenadier Regiment 941 (353 Inf Div) Issued with a Iron Ration in August 1944 and a rifle on the 13th of June 1944. Meaning sometime after September of 1944 he was deployed with Grenadier Regiment 941. Between December 1944 and January 1945, the 353rd Infantry Division operated as part of the LXXXI Army Corps at the Westfall defensive fortifications (Allied parlance: “Siegfried Line”), where it launched a major counterattack on 2 December, which was eventually beaten back by U.S. artillery.[5] The 353rd Infantry Division was eventually trapped in the Ruhr Cauldron, where it went into American captivity around April 1945.[1] The division’s final commander was Colonel Kurt Hummel, who assumed command on 15 February 1945 Final Comments: Detmer was captured by Allied Troops in late 1944. He was held in France as a POW according to his POW Papers. He was still a POW in 1946, a further paper shows he was working at the POW Barracks.

Soldbuch issued in September 1939 to Rudolf Steiner born in 1919, he was a farmer before he joined the Army. He joined Infantry Regiment 134 in 1941. Fighting for a very short time in Russia 1941/42. In 1942 he was sick the whole year due to an internal problem. He was back with his frontline unit again early in 1944 around mid 1944. He fought the summer of 1944 on the Gustav Line in Italy.   But by January of 1945 he again admitted to hospital with 25 (Skin Issue) and 18 (Pneumonia). Spent the rest of the war in Hospital till the 3rd of April 1945, he was sent to the Frontleitstelle (Front Direction / Recruitment)  in Vienna 1945 Medals: Eastern Front Medal Infantry Assault Badge Final Comments He likely took part in the battle for Vienna as he was found fit for duty again and sent to the front. Really nice to find an Italy Soldbuch these days, getting harder.  

Wonderful Estate Collection of 1st Lieutenant Freida M. Himelwright N762305 who arrived 10 December 1944 in Europe and received Campaign Credits for Central Europe and Rhineland with the US Army Nurse Corps.    This collection of her military uniforms, hats, documents, and ephemera tell the story of a WAC Women’s Army Corps Nurse who served in the European Theater of Operations with the United States 7th Army.  Highlights of the collection are her extensive uniform grouping to include two Field Service Uniform Jackets one chocolate brown WAC Service Uniform with Advanced Base & 7th Army SSI Shoulder Patches, 1st Lieutenant Rank Insignia, Army Medical Corps Nurse N Branch Lapel Insignia, and Ribbons; additionally, the English Tailored WAC Coat and Nurse Officers WAC Service Hat. Further Uniform items include: WAC Overseas Garrison Cap with Rank and Nurse Branch Insignia, WAC Overseas Cap Chocolate Brown, WAC Doeskin Overcoat by ‘Schwartz Cincinnati’, Service Uniforms Chocolate Brown ‘Jacket Service Tropical Worsted Nurses Dark OD 10R Lyonelle Modes Dated May 1944’, Khaki Shirt & Tie, WAC Skirt with stitched laundry number, & White Uniform Jacket with 7th Army SSI Shoulder Patch and 2 Overseas Service Bars ‘Mary Sachs Tailors Harrisburg’, White WAC Officers Hat by KNOX, Khaki Tie, Two White Garrison Caps, ‘Jacket Wool OD Women’s Officers 10S Giacobbe Brothers Dated Dec 1943’, White dinner jacket, Four Additional Skirts Including One 1945 Dated French Made, Low Quarter Leather Shoes, WAC leather boots, leather riding boots, and assorted socks and garments. Exceptional Personal ID Identification Bracelet France 1945 with Army Nurse Corps Branch Insignia and Custom engraved and numbered interior to Freida Himelwright. Assorted insignia and small items to include German Occupation made 3rd Infantry Division SSI Shoulder Patch, patches, coins, 2nd Lieutenant Rank Insignia Bars,  Branch Army Nurse Corps Insignia, and other small personal pieces and patriotic items. WAC Officers Bedding Roll WAC Canvas Clothing Bag Personal Embroidered Pillow, SAKS Fifth Avenue make up compact with birds of paradise to the cover and American Red Cross Shoes with Gift Sleeve Medical Officers Cases, Canvas Case by ‘Superior Surgical’, Surgical Instruments Assortment, Glass Syringes, and Spare Needles Various books and pamphlets: German Phrase Book 30-606, 274th Infantry Independence Day Regatta Wiesbaden on the Rhine Germany 4 July 1945, My Military Missel, USO Red Cross Pad, and small papers / letters. Documents: Military Record and Report of Separation Certificate of Service and Embossed Army of The United States Certificate of Service, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Veterans Compensation, Department of Commerce Student Pilot Certificate 1946,  Photograph of 1st Lieutenant Himelwright Several pencil sketches  Post-War Civilian Private Pilot’s Log Book *Estate Auction Acquisition* – Presented as Acquired, Ribbons on the First WAC Service Uniform Coat: Army Commendation, EAME 2 Stars, and Asiatic Pacific Campaign are Incorrect per her service records but exactly as found. The price is shipped in the US, if you are from somewhere else and buy it contact us for the actual shipping cost  

The Extensive Footlocker Estate Grouping of Capt. Leroy Parham United States Army Medical Officer who “landed on Normandy Beach shortly after D-Day” (Obituary of Leroy Parham). This unique footlocker grouping tells the story of a Combat Medic / Administrative Medical Officer Captain Leroy Parham who served in the CCC and then US Medical Corps during WWII. He was attached to the U.S. 7 th & 9 th Armies. Captain Parham’s 1942 Dated 35R Service Officers “Ike” Jacket is a true highlight of this impressive collection – it has one of the finest theater embroidered Combat Medic Badges ever seen, Occupation tailored U.S. 7 th Army Patch, 9 th Army previous unit, Rank; Branch Insignia, three Overseas Service Bars bullion tailored and three ribbon bar: American Campaign, Europe Africa Middle East Campaign with Two Stars, and World War Two Victory. All contained in his original trunk this is a tremendous opportunity to add an exceptional Medical Officers grouping to any advanced collection. Further Uniform pieces include: M-1943 Field Jacket 36 Regular by ‘The Spaide Shirt Co’  – Fine Condition and early production dated 1943, Overseas Officers Garrison Caps Khaki & Chocolate Brown with Captain’s Rank, Officers Pink Trousers; Chocolate Brown Trousers, Class A Officers Chocolate Brown Service Uniform with bullion tailored 7 th Army SSI shoulder patch, US Medical Corps ‘A’ Administrative lapel insignia, Captain’s rank, and three Overseas Service Bars – Officers Sam Browne Belt, and a Officers wool shirt by ‘Vanguard’. Featured prominently above the photo of the Ike Jacket on the top of the footlocker is a European Theater Field Hospital Unit Photograph Exceptional Field Medic Geneva Convention Numbered Arm Brassard ‘M316243’ A large assortment of personal books and pamphlets including: Military Medical Manual, Officers Handbook of Information, German Phrase Book TM 30-606, Army Officers Notebook, Easter 1945, Commissary Price List, Company Administrative Records, A Short Guide to Great Britain, London Illustrated Guide Book, Central Europe Map, Westminster Abbey Pamphlet, Welcome to the Riviera, Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Paris Guides, Several Road Maps / Red Cross Maps and Going Back to Civilian Life amongst many others. A nice collection of additional insignia and patches: Theater tailored Occupation Era 7 th Army bullion SSI, 7 th & 4 th Army patches, Captain’s rank, Europe Middle East Africa ribbons, Ruptured Ducks, crests, bullion tailored Overseas Service Bars and unused Officers Service Hat Insignia. Various Photographs and Orders Honorable Discharge from the CCC Civilian Conservation Corps Franklin Roosevelt Expeditionary Forces Letter Several Large Maps of German Areas of Operation Several Newspapers including the ‘Al Hambra Echo Dec 12, 1945’ featuring the story General Patton Unchanged Capture Paper Signed by Maj. Thadeus Bugelski MC 86 th Medical Battalion authorizing the capture and bring back of 1 Luger Pistol, German Camera and German Field Glasses Souvenir K98 Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn 1938 (numbers matching) Leather Souvenir Box and other miscellaneous souvenirs including a fine little cup from Lourdes. Please make inquiry about shipping as this is a standard footlocker of WW2 and loaded is fairly heavy. The total includes Free Shipping in the United States.