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Soldbuch,  Wehrpass & photo lot ---- Lot Consists of the following, Wehrpass ---- Issued to Ludwig Altschaffel on the 6 may 1938, He already had a forth class driving license when he was conscripted. The Wehrpass has his RAD service recorded in it which is rare. Served with the following regiments among others, 2 Reserve infantry battalion 20. 1st company Kraftfahrer abteilung. An artillery regiment and several other Kraftfahrer regiments. Trained in the use of the k98 and MG34. Holder of 3 awards including the Drivers badge in bronze, war merit cross 2nd class with swords. The Wehrpass is well filled out throughout,  Soldbuch ---- Contains the same information as the Wehrpass, the Soldbuch is in a worn condition as the spine is separating. There are a lot of typed glued in inserts and there is a third listed award that i cannot quite read but the photo in the front shows the iron cross 2nd class, 75 photos the cover a variety of topics from his RAD and Army service, 7 postcard sized pictures. one of which is in colour, one of a 88m cannon and one posed group photo, Post war discharge papers and post war French identification card

Document Group Obergefreiter Michael Send – Wehrmacht Reconnaissance Unit.

Contents

• Arbeitsbuch Labour Book
• Wound badge in black citation
• Iron Cross 2nd class citation
• General Assault Badge Citation.

Michael Send was born in Germany on the 19th April 1913. The arbeitsbuch was issued to him on the 24th September 1926 in the Memmingen Labour District, it contains two recorded jobs. He held the rank of Obergefreiter and was a member of the 2nd section of the 268 Reconnaissance Regiment. He was awarded the wound badge in black on the 10 September 1941, the iron cross 2nd class on the 12 September 1941and finally the general assault badge on the 14th September 1941.

the 268th Reconnaissance regiment was formed on the 26th August 1939. In June 1940 the division took part in the attack on the Maginot line in the Satin-Avold sector. They also saw combat at noyen, Vathimenil and Remeincourt. In June 1941 the division took part in operation barbarossa where it was attached to the 5th Army group. In the winter of 1942 to 1943 the division suffered heavy losses in the face of the Russian winter counteroffensive and was pulled out of a salient at Rschev. The division continued to fight through out the winter campaign.

Document Group Unteroffizier Johann Brummer – Luftwaffe Search Light Operator.

Contents

• Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern Soldbuch.
• 80 loose photos.
• 1 post war document.

Johann Brummer was born in 1914 and was conscripted in 1939 in the the Luftwaffe. He was promoted to Obergefreiter in 1939 and then later to Unteroffizier in 1943. He is listed as having served with Flak Regiments 191 & 3 and motorised flak regiment 37 in 1943. He was awarded the the 1 October 1939 medal, the war merit cross 2nd class with swords, the Flak combat badge and one other award. The Soldbuch is well filled out and contains entries from 1939 all the way to 1945. The photos depict uniform photos, anti aircraft guns, parades, vehicles, search lights and more.

Document Group Obergefreiten Johann Pfeil. – Wehrmacht Infantry

Contents

• Wehrpass.
• 1^st October 1938 Medal citation.
• Iron Cross 2^nd Class Citation.

Johann Pfeil was born in 1917 near Ried in Germany. He was conscripted on the 2^nd of September 1838 upon completion of his compulsory RAD service. He was then sworn into the Wehrmacht on the 1^st of December 1938. He was conscripted into the 2^nd section of the 135^th Wehrmacht Infantry Regiment. He was qualified in the use of the K98 rifle. Pfeil was awarded the Wound badge in silver (On the 2^nd August 1940) , 1^st October 1938 Medal (On the 12th^nd November 1939) and the Iron Cross 2^nd class (On the 21^st October 1940). His citations for the 1^st October 1938 medal and the Iron Cross 2^nd Class citation are included in this document group. Pfeil was promoted to Obergefreiten on the 4^th November 1940.

The 135^th Infantry regiment was created when the 45^th Infantry Division was formed. The Division was formed under the command of General Leutnant Friedrich Materna who commanded the division until September 1940. The division took part in the Anschluss, the invasion of Poland. The division were responsible for attacking Przemysl and Dobrosin. The division then took part of the invasion of France in 1940.

Document Group to Oberjager Roman Sieraczek - Includes Gold wound badge citation. – Wehrmacht Infantry

Contents

• Citation: Iron Cross 2^nd Class.
• Citation: Wound badge in black.
• Citation: Wound Badge in silver.
• Citation: Winter war medal 1941/42.
• Citation: Iron Cross 1st Class.
• Citation: Wound Badge in gold.
• 2 Snapshot photo.
• 1 postcard sized portrait postcard.
• 2 other documents one relating to the wounds that led to him being awarded the gold wound badge and the other document relates to his Iron cross 2^nd class.

Roman Sieraczek was a member of the 13^th company of infantry regiment 437 and later in the war the 8^th company of Grenadier regiment 4. He was awarded the Iron cross 2^nd class on the 12 December 1941. The Wound badge in black on the 18^th February 1942. The Wound badge in silver on the 1 August 1942. The Winter war medal on the 4^th September 1942. The Iron Cross 2^nd class on the 2^nd November 1944. The wound badge in gold in late 1944 for being wounded by a grenade splinter. He was promoted from Gefreiter to Obergefreiter in late 1944.

Infantry regiment 437 was part of the 132^nd Infantry division. The division was formed in the region of Landshut in Germany in October 1940 under the command of General Lt. Rudolf Sintzenitch. In 1941 the division took part in the campaign in the Balkans as part of the 2^nd Army group. The fought amongst others in the following towns Maribor, Zagreb and Sarajevo. The fought in the Ukraine and then moved on to the Crimea where they took part in the siege of Sebastopol. In July 1942 the division was transferred to army group north and the 18^th Army group. The division was eventually encircled in the Courland pocket and captured by the Russian Army.

Contents

• 13^th March 1938 commemorative medal citation.
• Iron cross 1^st Class Citation.
• Iron cross 2^nd Class Citation.
• 11 Documents relating to his time at Munchen University in the early 1930’s.
• Photo Copy of his 1934 Vorlaufiger SS Ausweis.

 Fritz Gerber was in the 6^th section of artillery regiment number 7 which was part of the 7^th Infantry Division. He was awarded the 13^th March 1938 commemorative medal on the 8^th November 1938.  The Iron cross 2^nd Class on the 2^nd December 1939 whilst fighting in Poland and then the Iron Cross 1^st class on the 1^st August 1940.  Gerber studied at the technical university in Munchen in Bavaria.

 The 7^th Infantry Division was formed in 1921 when the Reichs Heer was reorganized. It was then later reformed in 1934 in the Munich area. The division took part in the fighting in Poland in 1939. It then fought in France in 1940 including the battle of Dunkirk as part of army group A. In 1941 the division took part in the invasion of Russia as part of Army group centre, where it fought at Bialystock and Minsk. In 1942 the division took part in the heavy fighting at Koursk. The division fought all the way through the Russian campaign and in 1944 found itself fighting the red army in Poland. In late 1945 the unit eventually surrendered to the red army in the Stutthof-Steegen area of Germany.

Document Group to Heinrich & Theodore Theil. – Kreigsmarine South Fleet sailor and Wehrmacht Grenadier.

Contents

• Soldbuch for Theodore Theil.
• Wehrpass for Theodore Theil.
• Kennkarte for Heinrich Theil.
• Marching Orders X2 for Heinrich Theil.
• Post War identity Card for Heinrich Theil.

Theodore Theil was conscripted in 1939. He served with Grenadier Regiment 216 until January 1943 when he transferred to grenadier regiment 479. He later served in Grenadier regiment 343 and 357 in 1945. He was trained to use the K98 and LMG 34. He was promoted to Gefreiter in 1945. He served on the Italian Front in 1943 till august 1944 and then transferred to the Western Front in December 1944.

Heinrich Theil served in the Kreigsmarine with the south fleet. He held the rank of Obergefreiter and the marching orders relate to him being sent to hospital due to head injuries.

Document Group to Meister Der Gendarmerie Josef Desch - SS Police

Contents

• War Merit Medal Citation & Medal
• WW1 1914-1918 cross & Medal

Josef Desch was a member of the SS Gendarmerie in Vocklabruck. The WW1 honor cross was issued on the 20th May 1940. The War merit medal was issues in Vienna on the 1st of September 1944 and is signed by a SS Obergruppenfuhrer and general of the police.

Document Group to Stabsfeldwebel Josef Elbl. – Panzer Grenadier.

Contents

• Death Card to Josef Elbl.
• Single Shoulder Board.
• National Cap cockade.
• War merit cross with swords medal bar.
• Medal Ribbons for the Iron cross 2nd class and Russian front medal.

Josef Elble was a Stabsfeldwebel in a panzer grenade regiment. He was awarded the the Iron cross 2nd class, war merit cross 2nd class with swords, and the east front medal. He was killed on the 17 January 1943 at Vonskoj-Krassnowka in the Donetz basin.

Document Group to Oberschirrmeister Hans Buttner. – Wehrmacht Infantry Motor Transport NCO

Contents

• Citation: Bulgarian Soldiers Cross of courage 2^nd Class.
• Promotion Certificate from Schirrmeister to Oberschirrmeister.
• 5 Postcard sized photographs.
• 3 Large A5 photographs of Wehrmacht soldiers sat around a large table.
• 1 Large A5 Sized portrait photograph of Hans Buttner.

 Hans Buttner was a member of the 2^nd Company of Artillery regiment 74. He was an Oberschirrmeister which translated means Motor Transport NCO. He was promoted from Schirrmeister to Oberschirrmeister on the 31^st October 1939 and was awarded the Bulgarian soldiers cross of courage 2^nd Class on the 1^st October 1942. His portrait photo shows him wearing the medal ribbon for this award as well as an army long service award. He also wears a third medal ribbon.

 The five postcard sized photos depict Wehrmacht trucks and jeeps in convoy and some taken in transit. The large A5 sized photos depict a group of soldiers sat at a table. Hans Buttner can be seen in the first photo on the left of the group. His Schirrmeister trade patch can be clearly seen on his tunic arm.

Document Group to Feldwebel Franz Hoffmann – Wehrmacht Infantry

Contents

• Citation: War Merit Cross 2^nd Class.
• Citation: Russian Front Medal
• Medal : Russian Front medal
• 2 x Loose photographs.

Feldwebel Franz Hoffmann was part of Infantry regiment 317 which was part of the 211th Infantry Division. This division was stationed in France until 1942 when it was transferred to the Russian front in early 1942 it then fought there until its destruction at the end of the war.

The war merit cross citation was awarded on the 30th Jan 1944 by the commander of the 6th Army Group. The Russian front medal citation was awarded on the 17th August 1942.

The two loose photos are dated 1939 on the rear and show wehrmacht trucks.

Document Group to Obergefreiter Franz Lerch – Wehrmacht Artillery Regiment

Contents

• Citation: War Merit Cross 2^nd Class with swords.
• Soldbuch
• Wehrmacht Fuhrerschein ID Card
• Post war discharge papers

Obergefreiter Franz Lerch served with Artillery regiment 13. He was attached a transport section within the regiment. He also appears to have served with Grenadier regiment 267 in late 1944. The soldbuch is well filled out but appears to have some pages missing. He was awarded the War merit cross 2nd Class with swords in November 1943. The citation is slightly different to the usual style as the font is much bolder.

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