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WWII German Photograph – Hitler Youth Bahn 277 – 1945 Danzig – “larger ready for transport to the front” – Issued Rifles
Original price was: $165.00.$135.00Current price is: $135.00.An extremely rare annotated photograph, depicting Hitler Youth 277 Bahn Ost Ostland. On the rear of the photograph, “Larger fertig zur Abfahrt an der Front” Meaning they are ready for transport to the front. It is unknown what became of these HJ Boys, they were likely thrown in at the end of the war which was not uncommon. Note, they have been issued helmets and Rifles, to the far left a HJ Leader can be seen in Helmet and the far right a HJ wearing a Wehrmacht Visor.
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Arbeitsbuch Für Ausländer – Ukrainian Eva Melnyk – From District Galizien
$125.00An interesting Work book with period applied photograph, Melnyk was from Galizien district in Ukraine and arrived in 1942 for work a farm in Germany (Badersleben) where she worked till the wars end.
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Tümmerfrau- Emma Gustke – Berlin 1945 – Rubble cleaner – Rare grouping
$235.00Tümmerfrau – Berlin in Ruins The Work Control Card and photos of a Trümmerfrau For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%BCmmerfrau Emma Gustke, from Treptow was employed from the 18th of June 1945 to clean the streets of Berlin. Men from 15 to the age of 65 and woman from the ages of 15 to 50 years old were required to work. Her photos show the extent of the damage, brick by brick the areas were cleared. In Berlin alone around 60,000 woman were employed to clean the streets from the debris the war inflicted on the city. The pictures tucked inside the work card, a few memories she tucked away…
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Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Unteroffizier Haberkorn – Grenadier Regiment 1120 – 553 Volksgrenadier Division Ardennes 1944 – Wounded fighting US Troops 1945 (Reserved)
$345.00Wehrmacht Soldbuch for NCO Kurt Haberkorn. Soldbuch opened in December of 1939 with Infanterie Regiment 174. In 1941 – Etra Südost / Wehrmachttransportleitung Südost On 01.11.1940 – set up in Vienna, the use of which is to be considered in connection with the dispatch of the German army mission to Romania, which began in October, and the increasing involvement of the Balkans in German military plans. It was initially responsible for the transport command in Ostmark, Bohemia and Moravia, the transport officer in Pressburg and the German border command in Regensburg. Location always Vienna Late 1944 / 1945 – Grenadier Regiment 1120 (553 Volksgrenadier Division) – Fought against: US ARMY – 79 US Infantry Division & 10 US Armoured Division near Oehringen/Schwaebish Hall 1945 553. Volksgrenadier division was created on 9 October 1944 by the renaming of the 553. Grenadier division in Lorraine. The 553. Grenadier division was originally formed as a Sperr division (blocking division) in Münsingen. The unit was composed of men from Württemberg. In September 1944, the 553rd was rushed to the Lorraine region of the western front and thrown into battle against the Allied troops advancing on the city of Nancy. During September 1120. Grenadier regiment of the division defended Forêt de Champenoux to cover the withdrawal of the rest of the division. The regiment had entrenched thoroughly, building a line of log-covered dugouts and foxholes ten or fifteen yards inside the forest. Within the shelter of the woods a few assault guns backed up the infantry and covered still more entrenchments. When the Americans attacked with tanks and infantry on 20 September, they were repulsed. Repeated attempts were made to push the 1120th Regiment out of their positions during the day, and the following day, but all were driven back. The Americans tried a prolonged artillery barrage to demolished the entrenchments, but even this was unable to dislodge the defenders. On 22 September, the Americans tried a combined attack with the 80th and 35th Infantry Divisions, supported by one combat command of the 6th Armoured Division and the Volksgrenadiers were finally pushed out of the forest. With the Americans now threatening both his flanks, the 553. GD’s commander, Oberst Erich Loehr pulled his division back. The division was pulled out of the line in October. The whole 553. Grenadier division had been worn down after a month’s hard fighting and had to be reinforced. The reinforcements it integrated were number of fortress and independent battalions in the area of Army Group D. Even with the addition of these groups, one regiment (the 1121st) was dissolved along with the 2nd Battalion of 1120. Grenadier regiment. While the US Third Army was advancing from Metz, the US Seventh Army was preparing to clear the Saverne Gap. In mid-November, the American 44th Infantry and the French 2nd Armoured Divisions started an advance aimed at taking Saarbourg. Among the defending units was the newly renamed 553. Volksgrenadier division. Another hard defensive battle began for the Volksgrenadiers. The Allied assaults ground down the German units until they were only shadows of their normal organisations. After Saarbourg fell to the US 44th Infantry Division on 21 November, the remnants of 553. VGD were pulled out and transferred to southern Alsace. During Operation Nordwind the division the division attacked alongside 10. SS-Panzerdivision from Gambsheim towards Haguenau. At the end of January, the High Command decided to pull the 553. VGD out of the line entirely and rebuild it once again. The division was re-established on 31 January 1945 in Pforzheim. The division was deployed in the 19. Armee sector on 20 March. The division surrendered to the Americans shortly thereafter in Württemberg. Awards: Wounds badge in Black , he was wounded twice and received no Silver badge due to the war ending. Soldbuch comments. Very nice piece of paper added to the front page, detailing that he is if the captured only allowed to say his name, rank and home address, anything else is dishonourable and guilty of treason against Germany. A rare late war unit, fighting in desirable and sought after battles. 10th Armoured – US Army Documentary about the fighting in Germany, also where Haberkorn was wounded. An interesting documentary covering the creating on the Volks Grenadier Divisions
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Heer Soldbuch Oberwachtmeister Salge – Turkestan Legion (Extremely Rare!) – Ostvölker Medal – Partisans Italy 1944!
Heer Soldbuch to Wachtmeister Salge Werner Salge was born in Wittenberg, Germany in 1908. He enlisted in the Wehrmacht early in the war, loosing his first issue Soldbuch. His Second Issue was opened on the 24th of July 1941, by then he already made it to Wachtmeister! Fighting with various units: Artillerie-Regiment 194 (94 Inf Div) then later with Artillerie-Regiment 209 (209 Inf Div), then with Front Stalag 137, and Dulag 137 in Ukraine. The last series of unit was the guarding and processing of Prisoners of War. Interestingly, his next unit was: 1st Turkestan Legion / Turkestan Battalion The Turkestan Legion was the name for the military units composed of the Turkic peoples who fought in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Most of these troops were Red Army POWs who formed a common cause with the Germans (cf. Turkic, Caucasian, Cossack, and Crimean collaborationism with the Axis powers). Its establishment was spearheaded by Nuri Killigil, a Turkish theorist of Pan-Turkism, which sought to separate territories inhabited by Turkic peoples from their countries and eventually unite them under Turkish rule. Although Turkic peoples had been perceived initially as “racially inferior” by the Nazis, this attitude officially already changed in autumn 1941, when, in view of the difficulties faced in their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Nazis attempted to harness the nationalist sentiment of Turkic peoples in the Soviet Union for political gain. The first Turkestan Legion was mobilized in May 1942, originally consisting of only one battalion but expanded to 16 battalions and 16,000 soldiers by 1943. Under the Wehrmacht’s command, these units were deployed exclusively on the Western Front in France and Italy, isolating them from the Red Army. The battalions of the Turkestan Legion formed part of the 162nd Infantry Division and saw much action in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia (especially modern-day Croatia) and Italy. Much of the Turkestan Legion was ultimately imprisoned by British forces and repatriated into the Soviet Union after the war’s end, where they would face execution or incarceration by the Soviet government for having collaborated with the Nazis. Notable members of the legion include Baymirza Hayit, a Turkologist who after the war settled in West Germany and became an advocate for Pan-Turkist political causes. Infanterie Regiment 303 Reorganized on June 1, 1943 in the General Government from the 2nd Turkestan Legion and the Turk. Field battalions I./44 and I./384. The regiment was deployed in Slovenia at the end of 1943 and then in northern Italy to fight partisans near Spezia and Val di Taro. In March 1944 he was transferred to Liguria. On June 9, 1944, the regiment was assigned to the XIV Panzer Corps, which was under pressure in central Italy. The III. Battalion was disbanded on June 14, 1944. Between August and November 1944, the regiment was part of the 10th Army’s coastal security section in the Rimini area and was transferred back to Liguria in December 1944. Grenadier Ersatz und Ausbildungs Batl 179 It seems some time in 1945 he was sent to the above unit Awards: War Merit Cross with Swords Eastern Front Medal Ostvölker 2nd Class – (20.4.1944) Rumanian Medal for the fight again Communism Wounds Badge in Black War Merit Cross with Swords 1st Class Summary Super rare unit, I have not seen one to this unit before. The awarding of the Ostvölker Medal is also a nice entry, there are many stamps from the Turkestan Unit also, could be worthy of further research!
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Heer Wehrpass – Uffz Meister – Radfahr Aufklärungs-Abteilung 34 (34 Inf Div) KIA 1941
Issued to Uffz Meister he was in the following units:
Kavallerie Regiment 6
Radfahr Aufklärungs-Abteilung 34 (34 Inf Div)
After minor preliminary battles, the division was relocated to the Eifel at the turn of the year 1939/1940. With the beginning of the western campaign on May 10, 1940, the division crossed the Our near Wormeldingen and occupied the city of Luxembourg. Then the division turned via Longwy-Dudelange and stayed here as flank protection in front of the Maginot Line. During the second phase of the campaign, the “Battle of France”, the division fought its way to the Aisne, forced the river to cross at Guignicourt and stormed east from Reims to the Marne and then to the Loire to the Allier. After the armistice, the division secured the demarcation line and moved in July 1940 as an occupying force in the area southeast of Boulogne. In September 1940, the division moved to the Channel Coast for coastal protection. In December 1940, the third battalions were given up and replaced for realignments. At the end of May 1941 the division was transported to Poland by rail and made ready for the Russian campaign in front of Brest-Litowsk. On June 22, 1941, the division broke through the border fortifications south of Brest-Litovsk and then advanced across the Berezina to the Dnieper south of Mogilev. The division then crossed the Ssosh and then the Dessna north of Bryansk in early September. From October 1941, the division participated in the advance on Moscow and the occupation of Brjansk. This was followed by the advance to Ugra in the Torwakowo area and further over the Protwa and Nara to the Tarutino area in the Malojaroslavets area. Here the division met the Russian counter-offensive, so that they had to retreat to the Shanja position west of Medyn amid heavy defensive battles.
Trained on:
K98 Rifle, MG34, P08
Awards:
- Westwall Medal
- Iron Cross Second Class – cert included signed by Generallt Behlendorf (Kings Cross Holder)
- Assault Badge – Cert included
He was killed in action in October 1941 in Russia.
