Paperwork/Photo's/Buckles
German Wehrpass Saar Offensive 1939 France KIA (1942)
Nice interesting Wehrpass to a soldier who was involved in defending the German border against the French attack of September 1939, known as the Saar-Offensive. medals listed include the Iron Cross, 2nd Class and Infantry Assault Badge. he was KIA (Killed in Action) in March 1942.
German Victor's Urkunde Sports Competition Gilt Oak leaf (award document)
Victor's Urkunde (award document); as presented for 1st place in the shot put event, Hannover-Linden, 1937
Embossed sports association eagle to outer cover, nice condition.
SOLDBUCH & WEHRPASS GROUP & PHOTOS Inf. Ert. Batl. 406) 1940-45
A Nice group to one soldier, and this soldier saw a lot of action! He was all over the place in his five years in the war, He won the Iron Cross Second Class and some others we can't make out. Was wounded, etc, he has almost two pages completely filled with the different designated units he was with between 1940-44.
He
starts in the summer of 1940 in the 4/F.R.F.R 201, feldrek.
Battallion 406. His last entry in Oct 1944 shows him in a
motorized unit, the San. Komp (mot) 1/592, Page 25 of his
wehrpass indicates he received special instructions on
spying, sabotage, safeguarding of official secrets, etc, and
page 32 reveals 4 different combat actions he participated
in , one is from August 1942 through April of 1944-! (16
months), before that, he was used in security actions within
the General Government (probably Partisan operations).
From Dec 1944 through May 8, 1945, he was defending the
Homeland. His last entry (in several places in both books),
is May 8, 1945.
There is an additional ID card inside his Soldbuch from the
German Red Cross-Wehrmacht des deutsches Reich which
identifies him as a wounded man that should be given the
considerations outlined in articles 9,12 and 13 of the
Geneva Convention, and is dated May 7, 1943, there are also
papers issued to him by Allied forces, starting May 5, 1945,
and include : His Entlassungsschein (Official certificate of
Discharge from the Army), 2 copies of his
Abstelluntersuchung (no need to be investigated), and a U.S.
Head quarters travel pass into the Russian Zone in Berlin
(dated Jan 1946).
There are also 5 photographs which were inside the id booklets, 3 of which are captioned on back with dates. These candid photos bring a rare visual image to the story behind the entries in his service record, and they show the man himself, with his wife back home (above), his battle comrades, his commanding officers, his unit resting for a moment on the long march to the front, and the simple pleasure of a hot meal.
WW2 German SS Wehrpass & SS-Ausweis (I.D. card) to a SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant) Guard at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
A well used WW2 German SS Wehrpass and SS-Ausweis (I.D. card) to Concentration Camp Guard. WENZEL KIESSWETTER. At 56 years old he became a guard at Sachsenhausen. Promoted to SS-Rottenführer (Section Leader) then in 1941 Promoted to SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant), had training with a Mauser Gewehr 98, The Wehrpass and SS-Ausweis are with photo's, Its a well used set the Wehrpass spine is nearly worn through, but still a nice set to find the SS-Ausweis with the Wehrpass to a SS-Oberscharführer
