WWII German Army Wehrmacht Soldbuch / Wehrpass – Obgef Rullkötter – Twin Brother KIA – Infanterie Regiment 412 – Wounded near Leningrad – Schneeraum 225

Description

Soldbuch & Wehrpass for Friederich Rullkötter, born in 1908 in the area of Minden.
He served with:

Infanterie Regiment 412 (277 Inf Division)

Landesschützen-Bataillon 490

Schneeräum Kompanie 225

Wounded with the Infanterie Regiment 412 near Leningrad in April 1942. According to his Wehrpass (Page 32) He served on the French Channel Coast and the Atlantic Coast. For three months he was in Belgium as the Occupying Force. Arriving on the Russian front in October of 1941. After his wounding he was on the German Holland Border from August 1942 till June 1943. Then back to the Eastern front to the Kuban Bridgehead, and defensive battles in Ukraine.

Awarded the Wounds Badge in Black, Eastern Front Medal, War Merit Cross Second Class (Feb 1945) Under General Wöhler.

He made it to the end of the war and was released from service on the 8th of May 1945.

Interestingly, he was a twin; his brother Wilhelm was killed on the Eastern Front in April 1942, a few weeks after Frederich was wounded in the same area!