German Military Forces 1933-45

valid for all lines, from 02/14/1945 to 03/14/1945, used condition.

issued to a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) of the 2nd Company/Motor Transport Battalion 7, dated November 27, 1937, with multiple extensions through November 1, 1944 by Fp.-Nr. 41137 (Heeres-Artl.-Abt. 1042, Army Artillery Battalion 1042); included is an order card for a technical manual dated September 30, 1943 of the then Oberschirrmeister (Senior Master Saddler) of the III.(Sf.)A.L.R.(mot)2; used condition.

for a gate guard, issued in Wiesbaden on November 25, 1937, with photograph, used condition.

Issued on 13.8.194?, with photograph, valid for Class 2+3 and for maintenance of motor vehicle generators, and Maultier (half-track vehicle). Used condition.

Issued on February 3, 1944 by IV./Ost-Reiter-Regiment 454, without photograph, for a resident of the Rostow area. On page 3, an identification card is affixed: “NCO Peter Florinski of unit 59315 (Kosaken-Lehr- und Ausbildungs-Regiment 1) is authorized, pursuant to directive Frei.(Kos) Stamm-Rgt 5, Abt IIb, Az.23b10 dated June 20, 1944, to wear German rank insignia.” Additional units: Replacement unit: Kos.aus.u.Erst.-Rgt, Field unit: IV./Ost-Reiter-Regiment 454. Decorations: Tapferkeitsauszeichnung für Ostvölker 2nd Class in Bronze 1st Grade, Tapferkeitsauszeichnung für Ostvölker 2nd Class in Bronze 2nd Grade, Infantry Assault Badge. Spine has been re-glued with adhesive tape and pages have detached from spine. Condition 2-3

Brown leatherette case, interior with document slot, silver-printed national eagle (Hoheitsadler); used condition.

for an employee at NaFü., authorized to enter the War School during duty hours, issued on January 26, 1942; heavily used.

for a Hauptmann (Captain) of the Nachschubstab z.b.V. 378 (Supply Staff for Special Employment 378), issued on April 1, 1945 by the Feldkommandantur Pillau, condition 2

Issued on 25.08.1939 by 1. Kompanie Nachrichten Abtlg.45, with uniform photograph. Decorations: Medal in Commemoration of October 1, 1938, War Merit Cross with Swords, Iron Cross Second Class. Discharged from military service on 07.05.1945. The upper book clasp is completely detached, service stamps are denazified, condition 2. Comes with the award certificate for the War Merit Cross Second Class, issued on 24.12.1942, torn at lower left, as well as for the Iron Cross Second Class, issued on 24.04.1943.
Both certificates signed by General der Nachrichtentruppe and Chef des Nachrichtenwesens Fellgiebel. He was involved in the circle of assassins in the attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944 and was hanged for this on September 4, 1944 in Plötzensee.

issued on April 14, 1939, with photograph, mustered as conscript, served with several Landeschützen units, last assigned to Feldstraf. Gefangenen Abt. 14. Combat actions: positional warfare Army Group Center, 1944 defensive battle at Newel. No decorations. Condition 2-

Duplicate copy issued in Lübeck on 10.11.1944, without photo, enlisted on 8.2.1938 with Art.-Rgt.56, additional units: Art.Rgt.66, Fl.Art.Abt.283, Heeres-Flak Art.Ers.Abt.280, Heeres Flakart.Abt.(mot) 299, he completed several training courses: 8.8cm Flak, 2cm Pak and Flak, last promotion: Stabsgefreiter. Decorations: Driver's Badge in Bronze; he participated in numerous combat operations (Poland, Belgium, France, security duties Denmark, combat against partisan movement in Greece, defensive battles in South Ukraine, positional warfare in the Army Group North Ukraine sector), included is his damaged Motor Vehicle Service Badge in Bronze, issued by Heeres-Flakart.Abt.(mot) 299 on 1.8.1944 and the corresponding badge, identification tag 5.A.R.66 (as listed in Wehrpass), 6 photos, sleeve chevron for Stabsgefreiter, cap badge of 1st Panzer Division in aluminum, small factory ID of Drägerwerk Lübeck, issued 1938; civilian driver's license from 1936, FAD pass of Arbeitsgau 7 / Abteilung 7/78, Prisma. Heavily used condition.
  

Wehrpass issued in Traunstein on 28.08.1940, with photograph, mustered as conscript. Additional units: 3./7 A.R, M.G.Komp.Inf.Ers.Batl.7, 5.Komp.Feld.Er.Batl.58/1, 4./Art.Regt.158, 2.Genesenden Batterie le.Art.Ers.Abt.22, Ersatz-Abteilung Festungspionierschule, Festungspionierstab 10.
Awards: Ostmedaille, Kriegsverdienstkreuz II.Klasse mit Schwertern, Lapplandschild.
Combat engagements: Defensive battles before Leningrad, Defense against the Volkhov Offensive, Deployment before Leningrad, Destruction of the enemy in the Volkhov Pocket, Deployment in the East, Security of the Arctic Front, Security of Northern Norway. Wehrpass is denazified and was maintained until end of war, heavily used, condition 3
Together with matching Soldbuch with photograph, issued on 23.01.1942 by 4.(M.G) Komp.Inf.Ers.Batl.7, awards identical to those in Wehrpass. The Soldbuch was maintained until end of war. Heavily used, pages are loose, denazified, condition 3-
Included are various field post letters from his time in French prisoner of war captivity.

issued on 15.02.1937, with photograph, mustered as conscript, enlisted on 6.03.1940 at w.R.u.F Schule VII Dillingen - D, further units: Vet.Kompanie 707, Vet.Ers.Abt.Freising. Decorations: War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, Eastern Front Winter Battle Medal 1941/42. Promotion on page 23 reads “Oberbeschlaglehrmeister”, but this position exists only as Hufbeschlaglehrmeister (Master Farrier Instructor). Combat actions: Eastern Campaign 1941, fighting against scattered enemy troops and partisans, Battle of Smolensk, deployment in the area of Reichskommissariat Ostland, fighting against partisans near Bobruisk. Discharged from the Wehrmacht on 22.5.1942. The cover is hole-punched. Condition 2-3

, issued on 24 December 1939 by Pz.Ers.Abt.4, with photograph in uniform, further units: as replacement troop unit: Panz.Ers.Abtl.4. Field troop unit: assigned to various supply columns, mortar company, F.E.Batl 27 (Div. Kampfschule), lastly Panzer-Feldersatz-Regiment 63. Decorations: Medal in Memory of 1 October 1938, Medal in Memory of 13 March 1938, War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, Eastern Front Medal 1941/42, Iron Cross 2nd Class, War Merit Cross 1st Class. Used condition.
Additionally his civilian driver’s license as well as his Wehrmacht driver’s license: issued on 12 January 1938 by II.Panzer Rgt.4, authorization to operate a vehicle of Class II, extended to Class I.
Award certificate for the Medal in Memory of 1 October 1938. Letter from Hauptabteilung I of the HJ, Gebiet Niederdonau 28, regarding transmission of the duplicate for HJ Honor Badge No. 61 668. Award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class as well as for the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords. Ancestral table. Documents are folded multiple times. Condition 2-3

For an Obergefreiter of 3./A.N.R.524, issued on April 28, 1944, used condition.

issued by the Res-Laz. (Reserve Military Hospital) in Posen, with free travel pass, condition 3

Issued on 12.08.1942 in Neumünster, with photograph, mustered as conscript, enlisted on 18.05.1943 with Stamm-Kp.Pi.Ers.Btl.20 Hamburg-Harburg. Special training: obstacle construction, demolition and weapons service as well as welding and cutting equipment. Without decorations. Combat actions participated in: Security operations in the Netherlands 1943-1944. On page 34 with notation “Killed in action for Großdeutschland on 12.10.1944 in Udenbreth/Eifel, buried on 15.10.1944 in the municipal cemetery in Hellenthal/Eifel.” Condition 2-. Very rare.

Wehrpass issued as duplicate copy in Kassel on June 6, 1944, with photograph. Units: Staff III nI.R. 163, 10./I.R.163, 1. Inf.Rgt. 692, Inf.Replacement Btl.471, Sturmgeschütz Replacement Bn.200, Assault Gun Bn.277, Staff Battery Assault Gun Brigade 277, Assault Gun Replacement and Training Bn.400. Awards: Medal in Commemoration of October 1, 1938, Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939, War Merit Cross with Swords, Wound Badge in Black, Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, Wound Badge in Silver. With recorded battles: France Campaign, from 1941 in the Soviet Union in the Smolensk area, Bryansk, defensive battle before Moscow and later Orel, finally bridgehead at Nikopol. Also included are several award documents: Certificate of Possession for Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, issued December 12, 1942, Award Certificate for War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, issued September 1, 1944, Award Certificate for Eastern Front Medal 1941/42, issued May 27, 1942, Certificate of Possession for Wound Badge in Silver, for his three wounds of February 10, 1942, issued August 9, 1944, Award Certificate for Medal in Commemoration of October 1, 1938, issued October 28, 1939. All documents are folded once in the center.

for a Volkswehr man born in 1911, issued on May 11, 1943 by Volkswehr-Batl.XIII, otherwise not many entries; bilingual form, used condition.

for a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal), issued on August 26, 1939; by the 3.M.G.Btl.9 (mot) folded, used condition.

issued on 01.04.1940, with photograph, mustered as conscript, served with several Landeschützen units, lastly Feldstraf. Gefangenen Abt. 14. Combat actions participated in: positional fighting Army Group Center, 1944 defensive battle at Newel. Without decorations. Condition 2-
With Kriegsstammrollen extract.
 

for a rifleman born in 1926, issued on July 21, 1943 by Ortskommandantur 936, in addition to personal data, entries include issued clothing and equipment items, and authorized allowances which he received as pay in July 1943; bilingual form, used condition.

Ortskommandantur 936 (OK 936) was established on November 11, 1940 in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The staff was established as an army unit under the Wehrmacht Commander Bohemia-Moravia. After establishment, the staff was transferred to the General Government. There the staff was subordinated to the Military Commander in the General Government. The staff was stationed by them in Kozienice and Radomsko. In summer 1941, the staff was transferred further east. There in June 1941 the staff was subordinated to Army Group Center. By them the staff was deployed in the area of the 286th Security Division. The staff was stationed in 1941 in Belynitschi and Malojaroslawez. In 1943 the staff was subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Army. In 1943 the staff was stationed in Demidow. In 1944 the staff was dissolved.

issued on 26.01.1940 by 1. Fahrkolonne 3/227, photo missing, carrier of a pistol cal. 7.65. Awards: Clasp to Iron Cross Second Class, Clasp to Iron Cross First Class, War Merit Cross with Swords Second & First Class, some pages have come loose from a staple, cover is denazified, condition 3
- Slip for engagements participated in.
- Certificate for War Merit Cross First Class with Swords, issued on 02.01.1942
- Performance evaluation when he was commander with I.Abt.Art.Regt.43.
- Copy of promotion to Major January 10, 1945.

Cardboard construction, damaged on side, used condition.

issued on 10.06.1941 in Goslar, with photograph, mustered as liable for service, enlisted on 18.09.1942 with 1. Schtz.Ers.Komp.Inf.Ers.Batl.398 in Goslar, additional units: Gren.Rgt. 168, Gren.Erst.Btl.116, Divisionsgruppe 82, Grenadier-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Bataillon 454. On page 20 weapons training: Karabiner 98 K, S.M.G 34, Faustpatrone (Panzerfaust), Ofenrohr (Raketenpanzerbüchse 54, also known as Panzerschreck). Awards and decorations: Iron Cross 2nd Class, Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, Wound Badge in Black. Combat engagements: Deployment with the 171 Reserve Division in Southern France, deployment in the East, within the framework of the 82 I.D. Condition 2+

issued on March 16, 1943, in addition to personal data, also recorded issued clothing and equipment items, with Feldpost number 07045 A, bilingual form, heavily used condition.

Soldbuch without uniform photograph, issued by Ldsch.Ers.Btl.11 in Hildesheim on November 27, 1943. Replacement unit: Ldsch.Ers.Btl.11. Field unit: 2.Komp./Ldsch.Btl.726, on page 15 with entries "Cuff title Metz December 31, 1944", with unit stamp of Ldsch.Ers.Btl.11. The writing is damaged on some pages due to water damage.
Included is a certificate stating that the soldier was attached to the unit as a straggler from August 29 to September 23, 1944 and served with the company. (Kommandeur u. Kraftfahr-Kompanie Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschub-Trupp 716.)
Condition 3.

Pocket-size folding format, featuring perseverance propaganda slogans for 1945; used condition.

Issued on 13.10.1939 by 1./Inf.Ers.Btl.105 in Koblenz, promoted to Oberfeldwebel, further field unit entry 6./Inf.Rgt.321 and responsible replacement unit: Fallsch.Jg.Ers.Btl. in Stendal, he was very frequently issued new service uniforms (including Parachute Infantry service), decorations: Parachutist Badge (Inf.) on 24.8.1937 and the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 24.1.1943.
Included is one half of his identification tag for flying personnel “63127 D 31”, which was also changed in his Soldbuch, originally “1. Inf. Ers. Btl. 105 16”.
Military driver's license, as rifleman of 1. Komp.I.R.38, issued on 22.7.1936 in Kassel, with photograph, valid for Class 3.
A few instruction sheets are still included.
Used condition.

for a Hauptmann (Captain), issued on January 8, 1942 by the field post office Fp.-Nr.12195 (Staff/Gebirgs-Träger-Batl.56 - Mountain Supply Battalion 56), bilingual form in German and Finnish; heavily used condition.

for a Senior Paymaster (Oberzahlmeister) of the II./Art.-Rgt.23, born 1900, member since February 1, 1934, issued August 7, 1936, with membership dues stamps affixed for 1936-1938; only slightly used condition.

Issued to a woman employed as a kitchen assistant authorized to enter the premises of the Paymaster's Office Sanitary Officer Replacement Battalion (Zahlmeisterei San.Offz.Erg.Abt.) Göttingen, with photograph, issued on May 25, 1944; trimmed somewhat at top and bottom, folded, used condition.

(bilingual form in German and Russian, also filled out in both languages), for a Russian Feldwebel born in 1925, date of voluntary enlistment was 9.8.1941 at Fp.-Nr. 37827 (Eisb.Pi.Rgt.4) with replacement unit: Freiw. Stamm Reg. 4, issued by Stab 600 I.D. POA (russ.), without photo, recorded promotion to Feldwebel on 5.6.1943 and he did not serve in the Red Army, assigned as platoon leader, recorded clothing and equipment items on 13.1.1945; used condition with holes from filing in personnel records.

for a V.W.Mann (Volunteer) born in 1916, issued on May 28, 1943 by Fp.-Nr. 34065 (Stab Sich.Btl.974 - Staff Security Battalion 974); in addition to personal data, also recorded are issued clothing and equipment items; bilingual form, used condition.

Issued in Liegnitz on June 8, 1936, with photograph, mustered as conscript k.v. to Res.II, enlisted on October 19, 1936 with 15.(E)/I.R.83, additional units: Stamm-Battr./I.A.E.A.(mot)54, Kraftf.-Ausb.-Battr.4/54, 3./Sturmg.E.u.A.A.300, 2.(Marsch)/Sturmgeschütz E.u.A.A.300; he completed many training courses: driver’s license for mule, special course for anti-tank close combat, etc.; no decorations or combat actions recorded; heavily used condition.

issued on June 14, 1943 by the Commander of the Korps.Verfg.Raumes Pouispwje, in addition to personal data, also recorded issued clothing and equipment items, and authorized pay entitlements where he received pay in July 1943; bilingual form, used condition.

issued in Stettin 22 November 1936, entry into service 27 November 1930, stamp: Komandeur der Luftgaureserve 2, signed by Hauptmann

issued on 05.08.1939, with photograph, mustered as conscript, served with several Landeschützen units, lastly Feldstraf. Gefangenen Abt. 14. Combat actions participated in: positional warfare Army Group Center, 1944 defensive battle at Newel. Without decorations. Condition 2-