Description
Heinrich Ehrlich was born in 1915
He was a butcher by trade, and was born into a catholic family. Ehrlich was married to Anne and lived with his wife in Würzburg, Germany.
He worked there as a Butcher in Würzburg, serving once pore war then went back to the Army in 1940.
He was enlisted in 1940, issued a Soldbuch in Amberg with Artillerie Regiment 173.
His frontline units are:
Leichte Artillerie Abteilung 752
Gebirgsjäger Artillerie Regiment 118
The 6th Mountain Division (German: 6. Gebirgs Division) was a German army Division of World War II. It was established in June 1940, and was deployed to France for occupation duties. In December it was relocated to Poland, where it remained until the spring of 1941. It then took part in Operation Marita, the invasion of Greece during the Balkans Campaign. In September it was relocated to northern Finland, where it operated in Lapland (west of Murmansk). From July 1942 onward it was part of the 20th Mountain Army along the Arctic coast.
Leichte Feld Haubitze Zug der III (S.mot) Artillerie Ersatz Regiment 112 – September 1944 Security Stamp
Leichte Feld Haubitze Zug der II Gebirgsjäger A.E.u.Artillerie Regiment 112
4.Gebirgsjäger Reserve Artillerie Regiment 112
4 Gebirgsjäger Artillerie Regiment 1088
German Division Nr. 188 was raised in late 1939. It consisted of the 136th, 138th and 139th Mountain Replacement Regiments and the 112th Artillery Replacement Regiment, plus supporting units. It began the war on border guard duty in the mountainous region between Austria and Yugoslavia with the primary mission of training reservists and replacements for the regular mountain divisions. In the spring of 1941 it joined the invasion of Yugoslavia, with the three mountain regiments given responsibility of seizing control of Carniola and Carinthia on the Yugoslav side of the border, which they carried out quickly and effectively against little to no resistance.
After the campaign, the division remained in reserve at Innsbruck. On 8 October 1943 it was redesignated as the 188th Reserve Mountain Division and reorganized with Reserve Mountain Regiments 136, 137, 138, and 139, each with two battalions, and Reserve Artillery Regiment 112, also with two battalions, and transferred to northern Italy. On 27 February 1944 it was transferred to Istria to conduct security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung). A few days later it was again redesignated as the 188th Mountain Division and its regiments were redesignated as Mountain Regiments 901, 902, 903, 904 and Mountain Artillery Regiment 1088. It surrendered in Istria when the war ended in 1945.
- Italy & Slovenia – as 188. Reserve-Gebirgs-Division (October 1943 – March 1944)
- Italy & Slovenia – as 188.Gebirgs-Division (March 1944 – May 1945)
Awards:
- Annexation Medal 1938 – Austria – Award Certificate with Artillerie Reg 74
- Long Service 4 Years
- War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords – Award Certificate dated 1.9.1944 – Under the 118 Res Geb Division.
- HIDDEN AWARD – Partisan Medal?
Issued with:
Camo Net & Winter Camo Blouse and Trousers October 1943
Hospital Visit in November 1944 – Vechelade
Final Comments
Ehrlich tried to hide one award, the front cover has a star on the front of it. I was unable to find any other records on Ehrlich. Comes with his work book Arbeitsbuch and a Certificate for a Sport even in Berlin 1936 and a Collection Book for Insurance.
Interesting is the Non Regulation Photo applied during the war to his Soldbuch, pictures wearing headgear were not allowed.
