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Very interesting group, especially with the other citations and the document describing his deeds!!

Very nice group, even with some parts missing, thanks for showing!!!

Beautiful hessian bar, I guess from the award combination, that the owner was a police officer?!

Really impressive lot, especially the medal combination of the bars makes it quite outstanding!

​ Very interesting and impressive documents to a true frontline soldier, thanks for showing! He (most probably) got the Prussian War Service Cross for his service with a domestic reconnaissance / civil affairs unit. He was in touch with different civil authorities, political parties etc. and was highly regarded because of his excellent work (writing position papers etc).

You´ve really acquired an amazing array of badges and medals!!

Beatiful bar, more than one Hanseatic Cross on a bar is indeed quite rare!!

Very nice set, I really like this old BW stuff! 18 months of compulsory military service were a long time ....

Most impressive group, thanks for showing! It was good news, that he was appointed carrer soldier a few years ago, because of his severe wounds.

Great, I´m also looking forward to see more, like this early Bundeswehr stuff!

Nice medal bars, the Hungarian War Commemorative Medal for Non Combatants is a rare one!!

Thanks for showing the other pages! A short summary: Recalled for WWI on 03.08.1914, woundet on 22.08.14, promoted to Gefreiter on 24.09.1915, got the Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse on 21.05.1916, became an english POW on 04.11.1918, returned to Germany on 04.09.1919 and was promoted to Unteroffizier and release from service.

Interesting Book! Here you could download the 1941 Panzerjäger Edition: https://archive.org/details/Allmendinger-Gudio-Reibert-Die-Dienstunterricht

If I read it correctly (better pictures would help) he was posted from 13.05-21.05 to the Minenwerfer Abteilung of Rgt. 73. Some of the information is unfortunately below the battle calendar.

Seems to be an interesting Militärpass, would you show more pages? He received the Black Wound Badge on 18.07.1918 and fought till the last days of the war.

ouch ... hot brass under your uniform is not that pleasant, I know that!!

Chris, I have a WWII Wehrpaß to a Leutnant d.R. Nikolaus Spanier who served with Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützen-Abteilung 69 from March 17 to Feb. 18 and was awarded the EK I on the 5th of July 1917. Could you maybe check, if he is mentioned in the magazine? (I will post his Wehrpaß on the next weekend.)

Nice set! Do you know more about his career?

This is an extremely interesting Soldbuch, I´ve only seen very very few examples, where enlisted men owned a private firearm!

Yes, the 3rd Reich was really desperate in his final stage to scrape every man (who was at least partially fit for service) together. Have a look a this set, being nearly 60 years old and "bedingt kriegsverwendungsfähig: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/60693-wwi-militaerpass-jaeger-bataillon-wwi-wehrpass-documents/?hl=prasse

Johannes Günther was born 11.01.1907 and was a bricklayer by profession, he was called up for service on 19.06.1941. He served with the following units: 19.06.1941: 2./ Landes– Schützen–Ersatz–Bataillon 9 08.08.1941: 4./ Feldgendarmerie–Ersatz–Abteilung 3 16.08.1941: Genesenden–Kompanie Landes–Schützen –Ersatz–Bataillon 9 22.08.1941: 1./ Landes–Schützen–Bataillon 638 21.02.1942: Genesenden–Kompanie Landes–Schützen–Ersatz–Bataillon 9 27.02.1943: Heeresentlassungsstelle 2/IX 30.04.1943: released from service Unfortunately I don´t know why he served with a military police unit for one week. He was trained with the Gewehr 98, the czech counterpart Gewehr 24(t) and the czech light machine gun MG-26(t). From 22.08.1941 on he took part in the russian campaign. He was severely wounded on 20.02.1942, he was shot trough his perineum and testicles. He was released from service on 30.04.1943 because of this wound. He was awarded the following medals: 31.03.1942: Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz 1939 21.05.1942: Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber 1939 20.08.1942: Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten (Ostmedaille) 26.11.1942: Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse 1939

He´s a Luftwaffe official with a rank equal to major, His ribbon bar: WWI EK2, Hessen Bravery Medal (I think), Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer, Long Service Award (?). In his button hole he wears the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords ribbon.

Really impressive collection!!! I especially like the WWI Victory Medals!

Nice Wehrpass for a man who served (almost) through the whole war. In my opinion the award of a KVK2mS in Dec. 1940 is quite early for a lowly enlisted man!

SS Standartenführer Jakob Grimminger had the Coburg Badge, Golden Party Badge and the Blood Order. See the SS Dienstaltersliste 1942. Grimminger is Nr 45 (page 5). http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/1942/1942A.html http://ww2gravestone.com/general/grimminger-jacob