Soldbuch to Major Konrad Müller, born in Cologne in 1894. Worked as an architect and lived with his wife.  Served with the following front line units: Infanterie Regiment 453 – 14th Panzer Abwehr Kompanie  Eisenbahn Pionier Regiment 2  Eisenbahn Pionier Regiment 25  Eisenbahn Bau Btl 513 – Armee Korps 17  The remaining parts of AOK 17 were collected at Army Group South Ukraine. The reorganization of the 17th Army began there in May 1944. From the end of July 1944, the newly formed 17th Army was then deployed in Galicia between San and Wisloka. From the beginning of October 1944 to mid-January 1945, the army was deployed for positional battles on the Wisloka between the Vistula and the Carpathians. The army then had to endure heavy retreat battles in western Galicia and the Upper Silesian industrial area. Until the end of the war, the army fought in central Silesia between the Neisse and Lauban. The defense of Breslau also fell within its area. Awards: 25.5.1915 – Iron Cross Second Class 20.2.1918 – Iron Cross First Class 1934 – Hindenburg Cross 10.12.1940 – War Merit Cross – Second Class 27.1.1942 – War Merit Cross – First Class 10.8.1942 – Eastern Front Medal Entries on the last page:  Owner of this Soldbuch died in the hospital of POW Camp Tschesepowitz, Wologda 3.4.1946. Next of kin was informed. Müller was a Leader in the company Felten & Guilleaume. His family grave in Germany there is a memorial to him also, even though he lays without a marked grave near the camp and never has been properly buried. (Picture Attached)

Interesting little lot, for Jakob Rücker, who fought with Infanterie Regiment Nr 68 Fought in the battles of : Neufchateu, Mass, Marne, Champagne, wounded in December 1914 near Perhos.  Interestingly the Boutonniere for the Honor Cross is seen in the Wehrpass picture! Comes with his Certificate and Medal also.