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SS Soldbuch – SS -Sturmmann Schmidt – SS Panzer Pioneer Batl 11 (SS Panzer Division Nordland) – Battle of Tannenberg Narwa – Outstanding Grouping (On Hold)
An outstanding grouping to one of the most famous battles of the Waffen SS, also known as the battle of the European SS.
The Battle at Tannenberg Line 1944
SS Soldbuch Issued in July of 1943 with:
SS Panzer Pioneer Batl 11 (SS Panzer Division Nordland)
From August 20, 1943, the division, which was still in formation, was relocated from the “Grafenwoehr” military training area to the area south of Sisak, about 50 km southeast of Agram. In addition to further training, the division was used for partisan operations and for the disarming of Italian units in the Sambor and Karlovac area. In December 1943 the division had a strength of 12,462 men. It was relocated to the Kirowa area at the Oranienbaumer Kessel and placed under the 18th Army. When the Red Army was able to break into the positions of the 9th and 10th Air Force Field Divisions deployed on the eastern edge of the Kessel on January 14, 1943, parts of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division were used to clear up the situation used. After the Red Army had successfully advanced its offensive, the division finally reached the Narva in heavy defensive battles. Here the front stabilized again. In mid-February 1944, the division received replacements, so that by the end of February 1944 it had a strength of 11,134 men. While the positions on the Narva held, the division was moved to the southwest to stop the enemy troops penetrating to Vaivara and Auvere. The advance of the Red Army southwest of Narva was halted in heavy fighting. The front calmed down in the area of the “Narva” army department by the summer of 1944. On June 30, 1944, the division had a strength of 11,020 men. From July 1944, the division was involved in heavy defensive battles on the Narva. On July 25, 1944, the division had to withdraw to the “Tannenberg” position between Vaivara and Auvere. Heavy fighting broke out here at the beginning of August. On August 10, 1944, the Red Army succeeded in breaking through the front south of the Pleskauer See and advancing the area east of Vöru. As a result, the “Narva” army department, to which the 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division belonged, was given the task of stopping the advance of Russian troops between Lake Wirz and Lake Peipus. It was possible to contain the Russian intrusion and hold it back for the time being. When Estonia was evacuated in mid-September 1944, the division marched into the Baldone area and was deployed from here to relieve the Latvian capital. Up to September 26th there was heavy fighting with enormous losses on both sides. The German units succeeded in stopping the Russian advance on Riga. The division was then moved to the Dobele area. When Russian troops reached the Baltic Sea near Polangen on October 14, 1944, the division was taken from the front and assembled in the Priekule area to force the breakthrough to the south. But the Red Army got ahead of the German plans to attack. The 1st Battle of Courland began on October 16, 1944, when the Russian troops hit the division with full force. Even so, the division managed to hold onto its positions. The division was able to hold its lines even during the 2nd Battle of Courland. On January 23, 1945 there were again attacks with the focus on Priekule as part of the 4th Battle of Courland. Russian troops managed to break into German positions several times. Together with the 14th Panzer Division, the division managed to maintain its space. At the end of January 1945, the division was finally pulled from the front and loaded onto ships in Libau.
Awards:
- Wounds Badge in Black – Narwa
- Iron Cross Second Class – Won in Kurland 1944
Equipment
K98, full SS Camo, including cap.
Pictures and Documents
- Wound Tag – grenade splinter in Narwa
- Soldbuch Photo
- Two Photos of the famous Orphanage Hill (Very famous in SS History at Narwa!) Incredible photos!
- SS School Prag – training at Pioneer school
- Family photos and train tickets
Schmidt was captured in Latvia, as his Soldbuch has no more entries for 1944 and the bulk of the division escaped from the pocket. Noted on the first page, in Russian – Dead 17.8.1945
There is no record of him sadly, he like many are lost…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDKQgbHlLi0
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Der Stahlhelm Mitgliedsbuch – Erich Hauck – WW1 Veteran – With Photo – Somme Battles! (Sold)
An incredible little ID, the first of its sort to arrive with us.
It shows a picture of Erich Hauck, a former member of:
Reserve Infanterie Batl 104 – Minenwerfer
He fought on the Somme, Weichsel and Champagne
He was wounded four times and as a result was disabled, up to 50% .
Der Stahlhelm was formed on 25 December 1918 in Magdeburg, Germany, by the factory owner and first World War-disabled reserve officer Franz Seldte. After the 11 November armistice, the Army had been split up and the newly established German Reichswehr according to the Treaty of Versailles was to be confined to no more than 100,000 men. Similar to the numerous Freikorps, which upon the Revolution of 1918–1919 were temporarily backed by the Council of the People’s Deputies under Chancellor Friedrich Ebert (Ebert–Groener pact), Der Stahlhelm ex-servicemen’s organization was meant to form a paramilitary organization.
The league was a rallying point for revanchist and nationalistic forces from the beginning. Within the organization a worldview oriented toward the prior Imperial regime and the Hohenzollern monarchy predominated, many of its members promoting the Dolchstosslegende (“Stab-in-the-back legend”) and the “November Criminals” bias against the Weimar Coalition government. Its journal, Der Stahlhelm, was edited by Count Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, later hanged for his part in the 20 July plot. Financing was provided by the Deutscher Herrenklub, an association of German industrialists and business magnates with elements of the East Elbian landed gentry (Junker). Jewish veterans were denied admission and formed a separate Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten.
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Deutsche Studentenschaft ID – Lehmann – Berlin School of Engineering – Berlin 1945 (Sold)
Deutsche Studentenschaft ID
To Mr Lehmann
He was a student through the war with the Berlin School of Engineering
There are entries for Berlin in 1945. So he was a witness to the bombing raids of 1944 and later the capture of Berlin.
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Wehrmacht Licence – Schneppenhorst – Halftrack (10 Ton) (sold)
Nice Army Licence for 10 ton tracked vehicle.
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Wehrmacht Licence – Härtwig – Halftrack (10 Ton)
Halftrack Licence (10 Ton)
Note Halftrack on the rear is mentioned!
Wehrmacht Issue with nice photo.
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Personal ID – Apprentice Ott – Siemens (Schaltwerk) – Berlin 1945 – S-Bahn Ticket Berlin 45! (Sold)
Apprentice at the Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG (Schaltwerk) in Berlin-Siemensstadt.
Ott was an apprentice with the German electrical engineering company Siemens. The Schuckert works in Berlin concentrated on the manufacture of material for the war industry such as munitions to large aircraft motors.
It is unclear what happened to Günther Ott during or after the war, his work identification was used to enter the Siemens facility in Siemensstadt. Ott’s time card shows that he was permitted to enter the so-called Schaltwerk. He was also issued with an identification to use the Berlin S-Bahn system.
The identification card was issued in the early months of 1945 to essential workers as the train system was not running ist usual time table. To board the train there was a requirement to have an ID issued by your place of work, Ott’s permit was issued on 25.01.1945 at the Schaltwerk in Berlin Siemensstadt.
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Arbeitsbuch für Ausländer – Nikolai Bigunow – Berlin Zehlendorf – OST Worker Insignia Visible
Nikolai Bigunow was born on the 9th of May 1920 in Odessa in Ukraine. His Work Book, states he is from the occupied eastern sector and that his nationality is not fully known, but to be considered as a Eastern Worker.
On Bigunow’s picture his patch on his jacket can be clearly seen, OST. Standing for Ostarbeiter/Eastern Worker. The Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Main Security Office) created a set of guidelines to be followed when dealing with Ostarbeiter. Seen as enemies of the German state, they were to be taken by forceful means and shipped via train to Germany. In Germany, they were treated like prisoners, kept in camps that were guarded. Bigunow was sent to work for a company in Berlin-Weißensee in mid 1943, by 1945 he was sent to a Camp in Berlin Zehlendorf where he worked for a building company.
This item is featured in a book on the Battle of Berlin 1945, featured alongside 100s of other IDs and items from Berlin.
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Wehrmacht Licence – Leutnant Lacroix – Infanterie Regiment 118 (36 ID) – Killed in Action
Army Licence to Lt Erich Lacroix.
Really impressive photo of this young man, who is wearing the 118 on his shoulder board. He was combat decorated, with at least the Iron Cross Second Class.
He served with:
Infanterie Regiment 118 (36 ID)
Defensive battles along the Lama followed by mid-January 1942 and then by February 23, 1942, the withdrawal to the barbarian position east of Wosskressenskoje. The division stayed here until the end of July 1942, when it had to withdraw to more favorable bases on Gshat near Trisseli – Barsuki – Prilepy. From October the division, especially its infantry and artillery, could be refreshed close to the front. From November 24th to the beginning of January 1943 she took part in the defense of the Russian winter offensive against the front arc of the 9th Army east of Sychevka – west of Rzhev – on both sides of Belyj. Then the division was used for defense in the area south of Karmanowo. From March 1 to March 22, the division withdrew in the course of the “Buffalo Movement” detachment operation to a shortened defensive section of Army Group center northeast of Smolensk, in line around Dorogobusch north of Duchowtschina around Welisch. The division was withdrawn from March 24th, as reserve 9th Army, and gathered in the area west of Dorogobusch. On March 27, the command of the Army High Command to de-motorize the division, which was then carried out from May 1, 1943 to June 1943 in the Dorogobush area (Army Group Center). The division was then used in the defensive front on the Optucha east of Orel. After the Russian breakthrough began, the division had to retreat to the Oka and then further to the area south of Jelnja in heavy fighting.
According to his official record, he was hit in the head from a piece of exploding artillery. How is Wehrmacht Licence, which looks weathered was removed from his body or person is unknown. A sad reminder of the life of young soldier.
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Heer Wehrpass – Uffz Meister – Radfahr Aufklärungs-Abteilung 34 (34 Inf Div) KIA 1941
Issued to Uffz Meister he was in the following units:
Kavallerie Regiment 6
Radfahr Aufklärungs-Abteilung 34 (34 Inf Div)
After minor preliminary battles, the division was relocated to the Eifel at the turn of the year 1939/1940. With the beginning of the western campaign on May 10, 1940, the division crossed the Our near Wormeldingen and occupied the city of Luxembourg. Then the division turned via Longwy-Dudelange and stayed here as flank protection in front of the Maginot Line. During the second phase of the campaign, the “Battle of France”, the division fought its way to the Aisne, forced the river to cross at Guignicourt and stormed east from Reims to the Marne and then to the Loire to the Allier. After the armistice, the division secured the demarcation line and moved in July 1940 as an occupying force in the area southeast of Boulogne. In September 1940, the division moved to the Channel Coast for coastal protection. In December 1940, the third battalions were given up and replaced for realignments. At the end of May 1941 the division was transported to Poland by rail and made ready for the Russian campaign in front of Brest-Litowsk. On June 22, 1941, the division broke through the border fortifications south of Brest-Litovsk and then advanced across the Berezina to the Dnieper south of Mogilev. The division then crossed the Ssosh and then the Dessna north of Bryansk in early September. From October 1941, the division participated in the advance on Moscow and the occupation of Brjansk. This was followed by the advance to Ugra in the Torwakowo area and further over the Protwa and Nara to the Tarutino area in the Malojaroslavets area. Here the division met the Russian counter-offensive, so that they had to retreat to the Shanja position west of Medyn amid heavy defensive battles.
Trained on:
K98 Rifle, MG34, P08
Awards:
- Westwall Medal
- Iron Cross Second Class – cert included signed by Generallt Behlendorf (Kings Cross Holder)
- Assault Badge – Cert included
He was killed in action in October 1941 in Russia.
