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Soldbuch and Wehrpass! RSO Driver!! Drivers Licence, Soldbuch Wallet! Inf Assault Badge & Close Combat Days! 1st Skijäger Div! 12cm Mortar!
A very interesting grouping to a Wehrmacht Driver,
He was a RSO Driver towing a 120mm Mortar 42. (12cm Mortar).
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kue34wFn5iI
His unit was schwere Granatwerfer Bat. (mot) 18, and fought under the 1st Skijäger Division!
See:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Ski_Division_(Wehrmacht)
He fought on the Orel Salient in July 1943!
They fought heavily in Southern Poland in 1944, it was likely he was ambushed where he went into combat very close to the Enemy in Alexandrow.
He would fight three days consecutively in Close Combat with the Enemy. He survived this close encounter and was awarded the Infantry Assault Badge and was accredited with Three Days Close Combat in his Soldbuch. (15 to win the Close Combat Clasp in Bronze).
A nice compete Grouping to a rather interesting unit with interesting equipment!
Also included are some of his Merkblatt and a Wehrmachtfahrtschein, all was found inside his Soldbuch Wallet!
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Battle for the Orel Salient WW2 – Original Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7PuCdIA9Zs
