WWII German Soldbuch – Schirrmeister Herbst – Landespionier-Regiment 12 – Kommandanten der Rheinübergänge- Bridge Guard Mainz-Kastell – Western Front – WWI Soldbuch – Veteran of Two World Wars

Description

 Soldbuch issued to Oskar Herbst in 1940.

He raised the ranks to Schirrmeister – which is usually a senior NCO rank who is also qualified as a Mechanic. They wore a trade badge on their tunic.

According to the Lexicon der Wehrmacht, this unit was providing security on Bridges under the Kommandanten der Rheinübergänge – on the Rhein area they were guards. This particular unit can be traced to have worked in Mainz-Kastell, Germany.

He was issued a Rifle or MG: L2 – I was unable to find out what this designation was. He had his own private pistol a 7.65mm Walther

The Soldbuch is very well filled out and has a nice photo of Herbst in an NCO uniform.

He was likely captured somewhere in the West of Germany in 1945.

Nice with this grouping is that his WW1 Soldbuch is also included, joining the fight in 1917 – serving with Infanterie Regiment 401 – 201ID

Battle list below:

Western Front

December 3, 1917 – January 9, 1918: Trench battles in Lorraine
1918

January 10, 1918 – January 16, 1918: Trench battles in Lorraine and the Vosges
January 16, 1918 – June 9, 1918: Trench battles on the Meuse heights near St. Mihiel and in the forests of Ailly and Apremont
June 10, 1918 – June 13, 1918: Battle between Soissons and Reims
June 14, 1918 – July 4, 1918: Trench battles between the Oise, Aisne and Marne
July 5, 1918 – July 15, 1918: Trench battles between the Oise and Marne
July 18, 1918 – July 25, 1918: Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
July 26, 1918 – August 3, 1918: The mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
August 4, 1918 – August 31, 1918: Trench battles in the Argonne
September 3rd, 1918 – September 7th, 1918: Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front 1918 (fighting in front of the Siegfriedstellung
September 8, 1918 – October 13, 1918: Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin