Original WWII German Kriegsmarine Soldbuch & Erkennungsmarke- Gefr Bruno Walter – Panzerjagd Abteilung 708 – KIA 22.04.1945 Black Forest (Reserved)

Description

Bruno Walter was born in October of 1926 in Baden Baden.

By December of 1943 he was enlisted into the German Navy.

He was Issued a P38 Pistol, which means he was highly likely a MG Gunner.

In March 14.3.1945 – He was given instructions on what to do if he becomes detached from his unit.

He was transferred in October 1944 to the German Army,

Serving with:

3.(Fla) Panzer Jagd Abteilung 708 – 708. Volks-Grenadier-Division

The 708th Division was reactivated in September 1944 as a new Volksgrenadier division, and placed under the leadership of Major Hans-Ludwig Kuhlenkampff on the 10th. The division was sent to occupy and defend Czechoslovakia from the Soviet advance. After two months, the division was sent to the western front as part of the LXIV Army Corps, with Lieutenant Colonel Johannes Marahrens taking over as commanding officer the following January. The division was destroyed the following month in the “Colmar Pocket”

3.(Fla) Panzer Jagd Abteilung 106 -106. Infanterie-Division

He was killed in Action in the Black Forest in April 1945 and is buried there today in a marked grave.