Original WWII German Waffen SS Soldbuch – SS Schütze Han Homberg – SS Sniper MIA / KIA – Gesichtsmaske – SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 7 (Reserved)
Description
Nice original Soldbuch from an SS Sniper,
Served with
SS Polizei Panzer Grenadier Regiment 1
The regiment remained outside Leningrad throughout 1942, participating in the heavy defensive battles there. On January 12, 1943, the Red Army launched its winter offensive on the northern front. When Russian troops managed to break through to the south of the XXVI Army Corps, the SS Police Division, including the 1st SS Police Infantry Regiment, received orders four days later to liberate Schlüsselburg and free the German troops trapped there. However, the Germans were unable to mount any resistance to the Russian attacks. Schlüsselburg had to be abandoned. During the heavy fighting in the Sinyavino area, the SS Police Division was almost completely destroyed. On January 29, 1943, the remnants of the regiment were withdrawn from the front and transferred to the LIV Army Corps. The division reassembled in Sablino. Nominally, the regiment was renamed SS Police Grenadier Regiment 1 here on February 1, 1943. In practice, the division’s three SS Police Grenadier Regiments were reduced to three weak battalions. The division received 1,200 replacements from Germany on February 9, 1943. Fighting subsided at the end of February 1943. On March 18, 1943, the Red Army launched another offensive, but halted it after two weeks. A comprehensive reorganization of the division and regiment then began at the Heidelager training area, culminating in its transformation into SS Police Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 on June 6, 1943. On October 22, 1943, the regiment was finally renamed SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 7.
SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 7
The regiment was formed on October 22, 1943. Initially, it bore the name SS Police Panzergrenadier Regiment 1, which in turn had previously been called SS Police Infantry Regiment 1. The regiment was subordinate to the 4th SS Police Panzergrenadier Division. On June 10, 1944, the regiment killed over 300 Greek civilians near Distomo following a partisan attack.
It seems that shortly after he was deployed again with the division on the Eastern Front. Although by that stage of the war the front was on Germanys doorstep (Poland) where he was reported to have went MIA/KIA in February 1945.
Equipment
One of the rarest entries I have seen to date in the equipment list is the issuing of all three items together, in July 1943. Tarnjacke (SS Camo Jacket or Smock), Stahlheluberzug (SS Helmet Cover), Gesichtsmaske (Face Mask!!). Also note the issing of a Sniper Scope at the top of the weapons/equipment page for July 1943 the same time he was given the full camo equipment.
