WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Prisoner of War Grouping – St Marie du Mont – Fahnenjunker Blatter – Grenadier Regiment 212 – Close Combat Days Castle Stanca Romania 1944 (SOLD)
Description
It is obvious he has had problems with his Soldbuch when he arrived in the POW Camp in St Marie du Mont (France), he was then processed at Cherbourg in July 1945.
It seems he was then interned in PGA (French POW Camp) Number 131 at Clermont Ferrand still in 1947. Photos of this camp can be found online.
The French Army in Normandy made him a copy of the front page of his Soldbuch, he must have had it in bad condition and they added it to his Soldbuch.
Walther Blatter was born in the area of Saarbrücken, Germany in 1924 into a protestant family. He worked as a postal assistant before the war. He was unmarried and his next of kin was his father at their home address in Sarrbrucken.
Frontline Units:
Grenadier Regiment 886
Grenadier regiment 212
Awards Page
4.5.43 – Wounds Badge GR212
5.43 – Iron Cross Second Class – 79 ID
16.6.1944 – EKI – 79 ID
22.6.1944 – Infantry Assault – GR212
13.6.1944 – Wounds Badge in Silver
18.6.1944 – Kuban Schild
There is a possibility that both the EK2 and the EK1Â and Kuban are forged, wartime or after the war we will not know. But again with further research could be possible he has the both EKs.
Close Combat Days –
- 28.4.1944 – Cuza Voda, Rumania
- 29.4.1944 – North East of Cuza Voda, Romania
- 30.5.1944 – Attack on Stanca Heights
- 31.5.1944 – Night Attack on Castle Stanca
- 24.3.1944 – Counterattack (?)
Assault Days
- 28.4.1944 – Cuza Voda
- 30.5.1944 – Attack at Castle Stanca, Romania
- 31.5.1944 – Night attack at Castle Stanca
- 24.3.1945 – Counterattack (?)
Wounding
8.1943 – Contracted Malaria – this injury would bug him even during the course of another wounding. 29.4.1944 – 31a and 31b – Bullet stuck in his left upper leg, and shrapnel wounds on the buttocks.
Issued – Compass and Full combat Gear
Final Comments
A little messy grouping of pocket litter of a POW Processed in Normandy.
