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Thought that I'd post some images of my latest item. It is a Wehrpass and a few extras for a soldier who was killed in action in France in 1940. The Wehrpass contains a great photo of the man wearing his SA uniform, complete with NSDAP Badge on his tie and the swastika armband. It would appear that this photo was taken at the same time as the one that appears on his SA Sports Badge card. He initially served with Inf.Rgt 102 of 24. Infanterie-Division before being re-assigned to Inf.Rgt 32 of the same division in late 1939. He was killed in action during the second stage of the invasion of France (Fall Rot) on 11th June 1940 when 24 ID was a component of VII Armeekorps (16. Armee) and situated in the vicinity of the Meuse River.

Hospital issued Ersatz-Soldbuch come in all sorts of designs, some with a simple paper cover with no more or less than the man's name on it but that is the first time I have seen a dedicated cover like that. Looks like an interesting piece.

I think that has been placed on it post war to keep the pages together after they came loose.

I only have two of these to soldiers evacuated from East Prussia in 1945. The red strip refers to the soldier being wounded whereas if he was ill it would of been green.

Good clear images. I know that Sierra Cordoba was on a cruise to Italy from 4th to 14th March 1939 but whether this was the only time she visited Italy I don't know. A few months later she was used to help transport the Legion Condor back to Germany from Spain. It seems that KdF is quite a collectible area.

Good images and as well as the caps, there are some good clear shots of epaulette regimental numbers.

The set also comes with around 12 photos of Struwe and his comrades, a selection of which are shown here. One of them shows Struwe wearing his Pi.Lehrbataillon 4 Waffenrock clearly showing the '4' on the epaulette button and the 'L 2' embroidered cyphers while another shows him in a gray wrapper with his Assault Badge. ' alt='' class='ipsImage' > ' alt='' class='ipsImage' >

I've been holding off from posting anything until after the Forum upgrade has concluded but I decided that I would post this set. It is a Soldbuch and Citation group to a soldier who served in the Panzer-Lehr-Division as a Pionier. The Soldbuch was opened in August 1942 to a soldier who spent the war serving as a Pionier. After training he was assigned to 2./Pionierlehrbataillon 4 and then in 1943/44 he joined Pz.Pi.Lehrbataillon which eventually became Panzer-Pionier-Lehrbataillon 130 of the newly formed Panzer-Lehr-Division. The division was under the command of Fritz Bayerlein and from May 1944 was assigned to 7. Armee in Normandy. Ingo Struwe fought in Normandy with 1./Pz.Pi.Lehr-Btl 130 and was awarded the EK II during July 1944 with the citation being signed by Fritz Bayerlein and the Assault Badge in September. He was still with Pz.Lehr-Division during the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded the Close Combat Clasp in Bronze in January 1945. He survived the war so probably went into captivity with the rest of the division when it was surrounded in the Ruhr Pocket.

Nice example. It looks like it was produced based around her time on patrol off the Spanish coast.

Oberstleutnant Adolf Scharfbier Fliegerhorst Kdtr. Berlin-Staaken Kdr KGr.z.b.V. 108 Luftdienstverbände Versuchsstelle für Hohenflüge Kdt Fliegerhorst Störmede (Information taken from Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey) Image: Citation

Oberst Wilhelm Richter Born: 17 Sep 1892 Died: 04 Feb 1971 Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant Kdr Artillerie-Regiment 30 Artillerie-Kommandeur 35 stellv.Führer Luftwaffen-Feld-Division Kdr 716 Infanterie-Division (number unknown) stellv.Führer Infanterie-Division (number unknown) Kdr Luftwaffen-Feld-Division (number unknown) DKiG: 11 Feb 1943 Image: Citation

Oberleutnant Otto Vandieken Born: 28 Oct 1908 Died: 29 Feb 1944 Crimea Staffelkapitän 12./TG-3 Ehrenpokal: 05 Jun 1943 Image: Soldbuch

Oberstleutnant Karl-Franz Beushausen Nachschubführer/VIII.Fliegerkorps Kdr NSGr-1 Gruppenkommandeur I/NSGr-3 Kdr NSGr-3 (Unconfirmed) Image: Citation

Oberstleutnant Eugen Garski Born: 08 Jun 1897 Died: 30 Sep 1942 Highest ranked reached: Generalmajor (Posthumous) Kdr II/Infanterie-Regiment 33 Kdr III/Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Grossdeutschland Kdr V/Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Grossdeutschland Kdr Lehrstab 3/III Infanterieschule Döberitz Kdr Infanterie-Regiment Grossdeutschland 2 RK: 19 Jul 1940 Image: Citation

Generalleutnant German Unger Born: 13 Jul 1891 Died: 07 Jun 1961 Kommandeur Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 13 Kommandeur Flughafenbereichs-Kommandant 3/VIII General der Luftwaffe im Kuban-Brückenkopf Kommandeur Luftflottentruppen Luftflotte 1 General z.b.V. zum Feldluftgau-Kommando XXV Führerreserve OKL Image: Citation

Generalmajor Walther Wadehn Born: 01 Aug 1896 Died: 13 Jul 1949 Gruppenkommandeur III/KG-77 Kommandeur der Annahmestelle 2 für Offiziersanwärter der Luftwaffe Kommandeur Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiments 72 Kommandeur 10. Luftwaffenfeld-Division Kommandeur 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division Kommandeur 8. Fallschirmjäger-Division Image: Citation

Leutnant Rudolf Wirtgen Born: 04 Apr 1922 Died: 06 Oct 1944 1./JG 2 Staffelführer 1./JG 2 Victories: 14 Image: Soldbuch

Leutnant Kurt Votel Born: 07 Oct 1917 Died: 04 May 1941 - succumbed to wounds received the previous day 3./JG-2 1./JG-2 Victories: 9 Image: Soldbuch

Oberleutnant Hans-Jobst Hauenschild Born: ??? Died: 10 Sept 1943 Highest rank reached: Hauptmann 3./JG-2 6.JG-54 JFS-4 Staffelkapitän 8./ZG-2 Gruppenkommandeur III/SKG-10 Victories: 6 DKiG: 19 Feb 1943 Ehrenpokal: 26 Oct 1942 Image: Soldbuch

Hauptmann Hans-Juergen Hepe Born: 13 Oct 1912 Died: ??? J.88 (Legion Condor) Staffelkapitän 4./JG-2 Staffelkapitän 1./JG-2 Gruppenkommandeur I/JG-105 I/JG-400 Victories: 13 Spanienkreuz in Gold Ehrenpokal: 25 Jun 1943 Image: Soldbuch

Oberleutnant Julius Meimberg Born: 11 Jan 1917 Died: 17 Jan 2012 Highest rank reached: Major 4./JG-2 Staffelkapitän 3./JG-2 Staffelkapitän 11./JG-2 Stab II/JG-53 Gruppenkommandeur II/JG-53 Victories: 45 RK: 24 Oct 1944 DKiG: 29 Oct 1942 Image: Soldbuch

Generalleutnant Eberhard Rodt Born: 04 Dec 1895 Died: 14 Dec 1979 Kdr I/Kavallerie-Rgt 18 Kdr Kavallerie-Rgt 7 Kdr Aufklaerungs-Abt 25 Stab 2.Panzer-Div Kdr Schuetzen-Rgt 66 Kdr 2.Schuetzen-Brigade Kdr 22.Schuetzen-Brigade m.d.F.b 22 Panzer-Div Kdr 15 Panzergrenadier-Div RK: 25 Jun 1940 / EL: 28 Apr 1945 DKiG: 23 Aug 1942 Image: Citation

Hauptmann Erich Ring Born: 09 Feb 1909 Died: 03 Sep 1942 - KIA near Starosselowo Highest rank reached: Major (listed as Oberstleutnant in Volksbund) Chef 5./Infanterie-Regiment 84 Kdr II/Infanterie-Regiment 84 RK: 21 Sep 1941 Image: Wehrpass

Major Gerhard Baron von Bistram Born: 30 Jul 1896 Died: 09 Sep 1939 - KIA at Jezow Chef 7./Infanterie-Regiment Görlitz Kdr II/Infanterie-Regiment 30 Image: Wehrpass