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WWII German Army – Wehrmacht Drivers Licence – Fliegerhorst Halberstadt – Walter Zeller (sold)
Original Wehrmacht Drivers Licence for a Car. Issued to Walter Zeller, uniformed photo shows him in the ReichsPost Uniform.
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WWII German Soldbuch – Oberstleutnant Clarenkamp von Stenkhoff – Sicherungs Batl 356 – Croatia 1944 – Captured in the West
Soldbuch issued in August 1939 to Carl Clarnekamp von Stenkhoff from Hannover. He was born in August 1899. He was married to Hildgegard born Neuhaus. He served in the following units: Mostly providing protection to rail infrastructure and security tasks. Sicherungs Batl 265 – Page 19 – States he was in the last two units in 1944/45 Landeschuztzen Btl 925 – Popvaca 1945 – Croatia Sicherungs Batl 356 – 1945 – Deutscher Eisenbahn-Sicherungs-Stab Kroatien – More can be found here on the unit movements in the later part of the war. https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/SichBat/Gliederung.htm He only had one award, the War Merit Cross With Swords in January 1944. He was captured by allied soldiers and given a prisoner of war number. Final Comments: A little water damage through the book, although it is for a rather senior officer with a very fancy name.
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WWII German Soldbuch – Gefreiter Bauer – Grenadier Regiment 116 (9 Inf Div) – Machine Gun Team – 19 Volks Grenadier Division – West Wall 1945 – Fought against US Troops (Sold)
The Soldbuch was opened in July 1942, issued to Bauer born in 1923 in Gera District, Germany. He fought in many different units in a short period on the Russian Front. Res Inf Btl 205 – Infanterie Regiment 214 – MG Reserve Grenadier Kompanie 471 MG Reserve Grenadier Btl 388 – (Change of rank title: 2.1943) – Issued a Gewehr 24 T – A CZ Made and designed Mauser action rifle. Grenadier Regiment 116 – MG Kompanie – Wounded in September of 1943, Bauer was in Hospital till December of 1943. Grenadier Regiment 116 – MG Kompanie – But in April 1944, he was wounded once again this time a 31a, Infantry Bullet. He spent till August 1944 in recovery. Bauer woud only received the black wounds badge, although entitled to the silver grade for his second wounding. Divisions Fusilier Kompanie 19 – 1.1.1945 (Rank title change) – 19 Volks Grenadier Division 22.12.1944 – Iron Rations given out, 4.2.1945 – K98K Rifle Issued On February 6, 1945, US troops launched a local attack against the right wing of the already severely weakened 19th Volksgrenadier Division. During these attacks, the US troops were able to take possession of the Blieshöhen not far from the city of Saareguemines. The division was able to hold the other positions in front of the West Wall, but shrank to the strength of a weak divisional combat group. On March 15, the main attack by American forces took place on a broad front against the West Wall. The defenses of the 19th Volksgrenadier Division fell rapidly and the division was thrown back onto the West Wall. On March 19, the division received the order to disengage from the front with the remaining remnants and to go back to the Kaiserslautern area. In the days that followed, the remnants of the division were again crushed. On March 24 they still had a strength of 400 men. On March 26, 1945, the division was officially disbanded. The division staff remained. The remaining parts were combined into a combat group and sent to the 2nd Mountain Division. The remains of the combat group were in early April 1945 south of Dörzbach an der Jagst. On April 21, the remnants of the combat group left the Crailsheim area in the direction of Dinkelsbühl. From here we continued in the direction of Gingen an der Brenz. Here their trace is lost. Final comments: Interesting photo in this Soldbuch, not often do you see such backgrounds. Over all a less often met Western Front 1945 Soldbuch. I did not find him on the lists of KIA. Although it is highly likely he was a POW afterwards.
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WWII German Army Wehrpass – Obergefreiter Wylezik – Grenzausweis – Wehrmacht Driver – Large Battle Calendar – Eastern Front Medal
$145.00Wehrpass issued to Ernst Wylezik, from Ratibor. He served in an Artillery Unit for the beginning of the war, but in 1941 he was transferred red to be a driver. KW Tansport Abt 353 According to his battle Calendar he fought in the following areas: 1. Poland 2. France 3. Russia 4. Ukraine Medals 1. Eastern Front Medal 2. Drivers Badge in Bronze 3. War Merit Cross with Swords This set comes with a Grenzauswiess, a rather odd document prewar to allow him to travel over the border. As well as some other small mixed documents.
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WWII German Soldbuch – Uffz Meller – 34 Infanterie Division – Luxembourg / France 1940 – Captured by US Troops Rhine April 1945 – Infantry Assault Badge (On Hold)
Meller earned the following awards: Wounds Badge in Black – 12.1941 Infantry Assault Badge in Silver – 15.3.1942 He served with Infanterie Regiment 107 – 34 Infanterie Division After minor battles in the apron, the division was relocated to the Eifel at the turn of the year 1939/1940. At the beginning of the western campaign on May 10, 1940, the division crossed the Our at Wormeldange and occupied the city of Luxembourg. Then the division turned away via Longwy-Dudelingen and remained 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 crossing at Guignicourt and stormed eastwards from Reims to the Marne and then to the Loire to the Allier. After the armistice, the division secured the demarcation line and, in July 1940, moved to the area south-east of Boulogne as an occupying force. In September 1940, the division then moved to the coastal defense on the Channel coast. In December 1940, the third battalions were given up for re-establishments and replaced. At the end of May 1941, the division was transported to Poland by rail and prepared for the Russian campaign before Brest-Litovsk. 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. Subsequently, the division crossed the Ssosh, and then in early September, north of Bryansk, the Dessna. From October 1941, the division took part in the advance on Moscow and the occupation of Bryansk. This was followed by the advance to the Ugra in the Torvakowo area and further via the Protva and the Nara to the Tarutino area in the Maloyaroslavets area. Here the division met the Russian counter-offensive, so that it had to retreat to the Schanja position west of Medyn after heavy defensive fighting. In November of 1941, Meller was hit with shrapnel in the left lung. by 1941 with Infanterie Regiment 256 / Grenadier Regiment 258 – 112 Infanterie Division The division was formed in December 1940 from elements of 34th Infantry division and 33rd infantry division, as part of the 12th wave of German mobilization. The 112th Infantry Division remained in OKH reserve during the opening phase of operation Barbarossa, and was committed to the southern wing in the second half of July during the battle of Smolensk. Here elements of the Soviet 21st Army had pushed back forward German elements and advanced up to 80 kilometers in to the German rear. At the beginning of August, the 112th division was manning defensive positions on the Army group’s southern flank, as part of 2nd Armies XII Corps. As Guderian’s 2nd Panzer group started its wheel from Smolensk to the south on 8 August, 2nd Army, on its right flank, was slow to join in because of poor weather, ammunition shortages, and the hesitancy of General Weichs, its Army commander. On 12 August the 2nd Army finally launched its attack south-east of Bobrusk. It broke through the defenses of the Soviet 21st Army, and in three days fighting, encircled the bulk of the soviet 63rd Rifle corps, in a pocket at Zhlobin. Lacking in mobile units, the 112th division, still part of XII Army Corps, formed the eastern pincer of the attack; breaking through successive defensive lines and eventually linking up with 267th Infantry division coming from the other way, near the village of Ljuschowskaja and the Saltanovka railway station, on the Zhlobin – Gomel rail line. Stretching a thin barrier across the Soviet Corps escape route, the 112th Division spent the next 3 days fending off repeated, and increasingly desperate escape attempts. By 20 August General Feldt’s 1st Cavalry Division had captured Gormel, and 2nd army tallied its accomplishments, totalling 78,000 prisoners, 700 guns, and 144 tanks; many of these from the Shobin pocket. The Soviet machine gunner covers attacking infantry near Tula, in November 1941 By the tail end of October the encirclement battles around Briansk were over, the 112th crossed the Oka river south of Belev, inching its way forward slowly through the mud. However the advance was breaking down due to deteriorating road conditions and supply difficulties. The long eastern flank of 2 panzer group was a problem, and Generaloberst Guderian shifted the 112th division as part of the LIII corps to his right to shore up the protection there. The division, redeploying to the region south of Tula, met forces from the Soviet 13th Army near Teploye, who were attempting to drive on Tula from the east and disrupt the German armoured thrust towards Moscow. The Soviets using the superior mobility of their cavalry units, delayed the LIII corps mission so much that Guderian had to reinforce it with tanks, artillery and flak, a move which slowed the whole advance of the Panzer Gruppe. With the aid of the reinforcements, the 112th infantry division drove the 13th Army forces off to the east and advanced towards Stalinogorsk. Here it was attacked by newly arrived Siberian 239th Rifle Division, supported by tanks, suffered a severe reverse, and showed ‘signs of panic’. [6] Unprepared for the winter conditions, each infantry regiment had already lost 500 men to frostbite, and in the severe cold, machine guns often failed to fire. The division was now very weak and unable to advance further. On 2 November 1942 the division was disbanded. Meller was attached to: Marsch Batl XII/3 – This unit saw combat in the Rhine area defences in April of 1945 in Germany. Under the XII Armee Korps. He was taken prisoner his allied western front issued POW Number 31G954902
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Major Walther Bätz – Beobachtungs Abteilung 69 – Walther PPK – Iron Cross First Class (sold)
Soldbuch is a replacement issued to Bätz in March 1943 with Beobachtungs Abteilung 16 Active in Southern Russia, the unit description can be found here. In 1943 Major Bätz was assigned to: Beobachtungs Abteilung 69 After formation, was transferred to the southern eastern front by rail transport in October 1943. In the spring of 1944, the unit was deployed in the Tarnopol area. In the fall of 1944, withdrew to the Carpathians. In January 1945, was pushed back into Slovakia by the Soviet large-scale attack. The bulk of the unit fell into Russian captivity at the end of the war. Bätz was issued a camo net and had a private Walther PPK Major Bätz had the following awards: 1936 – German Army Service Award – 4th Class 1940 – Westwall Medal July 1941 – Iron Cross Second Class November 1941 – War Merit Cross First Class With Swords August 1942 – Eastern Front Medal January 1943 – Iron Cross First Class July 1943 – General Assault Badge January 1945 – Wounds Badge in Black Final Comments: A Very nice Majors Soldbuch, the picture on this is what makes this second issue really nice, his Iron Cross First Class, Assault Badge and War Merit Cross First Class on one pocket!
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WWII German Soldbuch – Oberfeldwebel Rohrl – France 1944 – Died as a POW in France – Depot 183 – St.Medard-en-Jalles (Gironde) – 11th Panzer Division – Feldzeug Batl 23 – Buried in Berneuil – Iron Cross
A sad Soldbuch story, On the 13.9.1945 – Wolfgang Rohl died in the Prisoner of War Camp in France (St.Medard-en-Jalles, Gironde). He is buried today in the German Military Cemetery in Berneuil. On the page 1 his POW Number and date of death are noted. As well as a Red Cross early hard paper scan of his death certificate. The Soldbuch is a first edition issued to Rohrl as a private in August 1939. Rohrl was born in Pettendorf, and was married, it is unknown if he had children. But the Soldbuch must have been returned some time in 1946/47 to his wife in Amberg. In terms of Soldbuch entries, he was from the first day involved in the war raised the ranks from private to Oberfeldwebel And won the following medals throughout his service: War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords – 26.7.1940 Iron Cross Second Class – 14.3.1942 – 11 Panzer Division Eastern Front Medal – 17.7.1942 – Interesting entry, that he was awarded it in July of 1942, but did not get it till 25.July 1943! War Merit Cross First Class – 1.9.1944 – Issued by Unit: 135037 – Under the 11th Panzer Division – The 11th Panzer Division was part of Case Blue from June 1942 onward, participating in the capture of Voronezh and the drive towards Stalingrad. It avoided being entrapped with the 6th Army in the city but suffered substantial losses during the winter of 1942-43. It was engaged in the failed relief attempt on Stalingrad and then participated in the defence of Rostov, which allowed the German troops retreating from the Caucasus to escape. Which he served with till late 1942 before moving to Feldzeug Batl 23. This term “Feldzeug Batl” includes the troops of an armed force entrusted with the repair of technical equipment, especially in the army. They operated under Heeresgruppe G – By order of April 28, 1944, Army Group G was set up in southern France. This was subordinate to the 1st Army on the Atlantic coast and the 19th Army on the French Mediterranean coast. After the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, the army group withdrew fighting to Lorraine, Alsace and the West Wall until early autumn 1944. Here it was renamed Army Group G. In November 1944 heavy fighting against the 3rd US Army followed. In January 1945, parts of the army group took part in the German Ardennes offensive (Operation Nordwind). In March 1945, the units of the army group were expelled from the left bank of the Rhine and had to retreat to southern Germany. By the end of the war, the remnants of the army group had been pushed back to the northern Alps, the Ore Mountains and the Bohemian Forest. According to this website, the POW Camp 183 – https://www.sudouest.fr/gironde/saint-medard-en-jalles/le-camp-de-prisonniers-en-memoire-9047010.php “Then the course of history was reversed and the Germans became the prisoners of the camp… sometimes guarded by the Senegalese. Anecdote: former colonial prisoners paraded through the streets of Saint-Médard after the Liberation. The story ended worse for the Germans than for the Africans: 490 defeated Reich soldiers, prisoners in the Germignan camp, died there in 1945, probably from an epidemic of typhus.” There was an outbreak in 1945, around 490 prisoners died. It is likely this is what happened to Rohrl, although we will never know because no cause of death was given. We do know the camp was also used for working which included the demining of the area from UXO. Final comments: A very sad story, he survived the Eastern Front, and after being captured in France dies at the end of the Summer of 1945. In the back cover a dried leaf can be found, likely from his time as POW.
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Stabswachtmeister Bogensperger – Heeres Artillerie Korps 411 -Infanterie-Division Ulrich von Hutten – Halbe 1945 (Sold)
Soldbuch opened in September 1939 with Artillerie Regiment 262. Stabswachtmeister Hubert Bogensperger was from Linz, and born in 1908. He served with Artillerie Regiment 262 – 262 Infanterie Division (till 1943) From June 14, 1940, the division attacked the Maginot Line south of Pirmarsens and was able to enclose Bitsch Fortress from the north on June 19. After the end of the western campaign, the division remained in France as an occupying force and moved to Poland in August 1940. On October 1, 1940, a third of the division was handed over to the 137th Infantry Division. (Staff/462, III./462, III./482, III./486, III./AR 262). The levies have been replaced. From June 22, 1941, the division took part in the Russian campaign. From the Tomaszow area, the division crossed the German-Russian border and stormed through Brody, Miropol and north of Zhitomir into the area east of Korosten. Then the Dessna was crossed. This was followed by participation in the battle of encirclement around Kyiv and after its completion the transfer via Konotop and Novgorod-Sseversk to Trubchevsk. In the course of the German attack on Moscow, the division advanced into the area between Yelets and Yefremov. After the start of the Russian counter-offensive in front of Moscow, the division had to withdraw to the Orel area. Between Nowosil and Orel she moved into her new position, in which she held until July 1943. After the termination of the German offensive at Kursk, Operation “Zitadelle”, the division became an army reserve of the 9th Army and was used from August 1943 to ward off the Russian breakthrough between Orel and Bryansk. The division suffered the heaviest losses, so that its strength melted down to that of a combat group. Only the remnants of the division were able to withdraw to the Orscha area. On November 2, 1943, the division was disbanded and formed Division Group 262. Artillerie Regiment 388 – in July 1944 Heeres Artillerie Korps 411 -Infanterie-Division Ulrich von Hutten They were formed in January 1945, and the Stab was assigned toInfanterie-Division Ulrich von Hutten. Already on April 12, 1945 the formation of the division was finished. The division had a strength of around 5,000 men. Already in the night of April 15, 1945, the division moved to the Mulde and was deployed in the Mulde section between Dessau and Bitterfeld. The division’s main battle line ran from south of the blown-up Autobahn bridge of Reichsautobahn 9 (Leipzig-Dessau) across the Mulde between Kleutsch and Möst. The division’s supply units and reserves took up positions east of the Mulde in the area of Kleckewitz, Alt-Jeßnitz, Roßdorf and Mulkdenstein. The first skirmishes with American troops took place near Sandersdorf and Thurland. The division managed to stop the American spearheads who wanted to advance on Bitterfeld. Heavy fighting developed around Thurland during the night of April 16, with most of the village being destroyed. There was further fighting around the towns of Raguhn and Siebenhausen. The heavy fighting lasted until April 20, 1945, on April 21, 1945 the Americans took Bitterfeld. The Infantry Division Ulrich von Hutten was transferred to the Eastern Front with the 12th Army and marched to Wittenberg. There it formed a bridgehead to the north-east and north, which was intended to secure the Elbe line between Wittenberg and Coswig. The division’s task was to secure the town of Wittenberg and the villages north of the town. On the morning of April 25, the division’s regiments that had arrived east and south-east of Wittenberg were engaged in combat with Russian units. The division managed to block the Russian attack on Wittenberg. The division then took part in the 12th Army’s relief attack on Berlin. On the left flank of the XX. Army Corps pushed the division through the villages south of Brück into the Lehnin forest, where heavy forest fighting broke out. The division then marched towards the Autobahn triangle south of Ferch. By April 28, 1945, the heads of the division advanced as far as Ferch, by the evening of April 29 the Bliesendorf – Ferch line had been reached and the town of Hutten had been taken. Here the German advance came to a halt and the division turned to defense. After absorbing the remnants of the 9th Army from the Halbe pocket, the division and the remnants of the 12th Army began to withdraw to the Elbe. By May 8, 1945, the last remnants of the division had been taken prisoner across the Elbe near Tangermünde. Awards: Medal for 1.10.1938 Iron Cross second Class ( Note he was awarded the KVK2 but this was advanced to EK2) Eastern Front Medal War Merit Cross First Class Final Comments: A nice first issue Soldbuch to an important functionary in the unit a Stabswachmeister. Interesting entry for the Iron Cross Second Class as his KVK was crossed out. Late war units like this are highly sought after.
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WWII German Army Soldbuch – Wehrmacht Leutnant Gersch – Artillerie Regiment 168 – 38 Infanterie Division – Sturmtage – Iron Cross First Class-
Soldbuch opened in August 1939 with Artillery Regiment 168. Issued to Paul Gersch from Berlin Rudow, He served with Art Reg 168 till late 1943. The division was already operational at the beginning of the Polish campaign, so that on September 1, 1939 the division became an army reserve of the 4th Army. From the area north of Kraków, the division advanced through Sandomierz to Janow. After the end of the Polish campaign, the division was used as an occupation force in Poland until November 1939 and then transferred to the 16th Army on the Moselle north of Trier. At the beginning of the western campaign, the division was the army reserve of AOK 16 and only took part in the second phase of the campaign, the “Battle of France”. They marched from south of Sedan to Epinal. Already in July 1940 the division was transferred to eastern Poland for border security. On October 15, 1940, the division sold a third of its inventory (Stab IR 196, I./169, I./118 I./196) to the 340th Infantry Division. The levies have been replaced. From June 22, 1941, the division took part in the Russian campaign. The division advanced across the San from the Yaroslav area. The division advanced past Lemberg via Vinnitsa to the Cherkassy area. Here the division formed the flank protection of the 6th and 17th armies. In October 1941 the division continued its advance through Poltava to Kharkov. Heavy winter fighting then broke out in the Izyum am Donets area. These were to last until May 1942. After that, the division took part in offensive battles on Izyum and Znamenka. In the summer of 1942 the division marched to Voronezh-on-Don. Here the division remained in trench warfare until February 1943, when the division had to join the German retreat after the defeat of Stalingrad. Defensive battles and positional battles followed on the Oskol, near Gorshetsnoye and in the Ssumy area west of Kursk. In July 1943, defensive and retreat battles followed on the Dnieper. The division then stood until November 1943. On November 1, 1943, the division was converted into an infantry division of a new type 44 and the third battalions of the three regiments were dissolved. In November 1943 the division moved to the Radomyshl area and was in December 1943 near Zhitomir. It was in this room that it was smashed in January 1944. The remnants of the division were pulled from the front and collected and refreshed at the Demba military training area He then was a trainer at the: Schule für Fahnenjunker der Artillerie Lehrgang VIII School for Officer Cadets of the Artillerie In March of 1945, Gersch was wounded with an infantry bullet (I.G) and in May of 1945 he is back again in hospital in Hamburg due to a code 34: accident of self mutilation. So one thing is clear he certainly seen action after his training. Issued a FN Pistol and later a Mod 27 Pistol. Medals Eastern Front Medal Iron Cross Second Class Iron Cross First Class Assault Days 28.01.1943 – Alarm Regiment 1 (Einheit Embacher) 29.01.1943 – Alarm Regiment 1 Included in the back of the Soldbuch are the 10 Rules for German Soldiers. Final Comments: A nice Soldbuch to a real combat Officer. Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross. Interestingly, after his deployment with his Officer rank it seems he once again seen combat, although I am unsure with who. Maybe the School or maybe back to his old unit? Missing one page 13/14
