Wehrpass to Theodor Mayer, born in Breslau 1914.  Enlisted in the Wehrmacht in 1938. Mayer won the Iron Cross Second Class. His service took up three pages of the Wehrpass! He was killed in the battles after the turning around at the gates of Moscow. Online was a lot of unit information: See below Artillerie-Regiment 50/Artillerie-Regiment 14  On August 24, 1939, the regiment received the order to leave its staging area in the Guttentag – Rosenberg area at nightfall and move to a new staging area further east. The 2nd Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment left the regiment association at the start of the regrouping and was assigned to the 3rd Light Division. The regimental staff moved into the command post at the Kreuzenfeld school at 8 p.m. On August 25, 1939, the regiment was informed that the attack on Poland was planned for August 26, 1939. At 10:10 p.m., while preparing for the attack, the division received the order to call off the attack. On August 31, 1939, the regiment was again ordered to move into the staging areas. On September 1, 1939, the German attack on Poland began, with the German infantry being able to advance in the area of ​​the 14th Infantry Division without resistance. The regiment left its positions around 8 a.m. without having fired a shot. The regiment followed the infantry. The 1st Battery and the 53rd Infantry Regiment had meanwhile crossed the border into Poland, and the regiment reached the Lisswarthe sector around noon. The regiment took up positions near Dombrowa in the afternoon. Only the 5th battery fired 17 shots that day. By nightfall the 1st and 2nd sections of the regiment were in Pila, the 3rd. Division in Truskolyassy and the 1st Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment had not yet reached the regiment due to the bad roads. On September 2, 1939, the I. Department was assigned directly to the 11th Infantry Regiment and the III. Department subordinated to the 101st Infantry Regiment. The 2nd Battalion took up positions west of Wreczyca Wielka. The 1st Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment prepared itself east of Klepaczka. The 1st Division lost 3 horses in an air raid. During the night the I. and III. Battalion approximately 250 rounds of jamming fire on the field fortifications northwest of Czestochowa and on Grabowka. On September 3, 1939, the advance continued. The I. and III. Department of the regiment remained assigned to the infantry, the 2nd department was assigned to the 53rd Infantry Regiment. In the evening the following areas were reached: headquarters in Rcasowy, I. in Gorne, II. at Wierzchowisko, III. around Marjanka-Redzinska and I. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 around Kiedrzyen. The advance continued on September 4, 1939, with the I. and III. Detachment marched in your infantry regiments. The regiment marched to Garnek via Rudniki, Witkowice and Klomnice. At nightfall the divisions were in: I. n Piaski, II. in Raczkowiece, III. in Silnica and I. Section of Artillery Regiment 50 in Garnek, together with the regimental headquarters. On September 5, 1939 the following were reached without fighting: I. in Mosty, II. in Kurzelow, III. in Stanowiska and I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment in Maluszyn. On September 6, 1939 the following were reached without fighting: I. in the forest south of Prcedborz, II. in the northern part of Dobromierz, III. in Czermno and I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment in the southern part of Dobromierz. September 7, 1939 was a rest day after the long marching performances. It was not until September 8, 1939 that the advance continued and the regiment marched into the Pianow area. In the evening they reached: I. Jakomovice, II. in the eastern part of Kol. Czerwona Wola, III. in Katoniow and I. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 in Stupia. On September 9, 1939, the regiment continued to march towards Szydlowiec. In the afternoon the II. and III. Detachment in position at Huzisko or Odrownoz, but without being able to fire. The 1st detachment of the regiment reached Serbinov in the evening, the 1st detachment of the artillery regiment 50 Mniow and the regimental staff Mokra. On September 10, 1939, the 1st Division was subordinated to the 53rd Infantry Regiment and reached the area south of Szydlowiec as a corps reserve. II. and III. Division remained subordinate to the 101st Infantry Regiment. On September 11, 1939, towards evening, the following areas were reached: I. Section of Artillery Regiment 50 Blaziny, II./ AR 14 Plusy, III. Rzeczniow and regimental headquarters in Brendocin. On September 12, 1939, the Vistula was reached near Solec. Here the protection to the east was taken over. III. Division 101 took up positions in Infantry Regiment between Solec and Przedmiescie, II. took up accommodation in Sluszczyn, I. Division of Artillery Regiment 50 took up accommodation in Lipa Miklas and Lipa Krepa. The regimental headquarters was in Gruszczyn. On September 13, 1939, the regiment took up firing positions on the Vistula. The 2nd batteries were ready to fire at about 6 o’clock south of Blizsze, and 2 batteries of the 1st at about 8 o’clock near Dziurkow. The batteries support the passage of the infantry across the Vistula from daybreak. Were shelled by the II. Battalion Kamien and Kepa Gostecka, by the I. Battalion of the Artillery Regiment 50 the wooded area west of Janiszow and by the III. Division the heights eastward from Kamien. By the evening the infantry had formed a bridgehead and taken the village of Kamien. On this day the regiment had fired 750 rounds of light FH and 35 rounds of heavy FH. Itself had two dead and 3 wounded. It was not until September 15, 1939 that the 9th battery was able to cross the Vistula as the first battery of the regiment, while the other batteries lay dormant. On September 16, 1939, the order was issued that the staff of the III. Division and the 7th and 8th batteries at Piotrowin are to…

Soldbuch to Feldwebel, Willy Krause from Bremen The Soldbuch was issued in October of 1941 with: Fla Batl (Mot) 612  Raised 12 April 1941 with four companies. The battalion was in Africa. While crossing from Italy to Africa, some of the battalion’s transport ships were sunk. On September 6, 1942, the battalion shot down a Curtiss. On October 9, 1942, the battalion shot down a Douglas Boston and a Spitfire. On October 30, 1942, the battalion shot down a Hurricane. The battalion was destroyed in Tunis in May 1943. Krause, like many pulled some pages from his Soldbuch before going over the lines to surrender. Interestingly, he left the awards page, which shows he was not only wounded in Tunis (Wounds Badge in Black) but he was also awarded in the Iron Cross Second Class in May of 1942, as well as the German Italian Africa Medal. Summary A nice DAK Soldbuch with Discharge Papers, DAK is becoming increasingly sought after and are not easy to find anymore. Interesting is the Tropical weather instructions in the back pouch.