Heer Streifendienst Commanders Wehrpass

[Gordon Williamson]

Nice set to a former combat Infantry Officer and veteran of WW1 who served with the Heeresstreifendienst and Wehrmachstreifendienst. Highest rank I have come across for the Streifendienst, and as a Major he was almost certainly a unit commander given the rank structure of this organisation.

[Gordon Williamson]

His career began in January 1915 with 7 Bavarian Infantry Regiment, with further combat experience with Infantry and Grenadier Regiments through to August 1943 when he joins the Streifendienst.

[Gordon Williamson]

Promoted Oberleutnant in 1937, Hauptmann in 1938, and Major in 1944.

[Gordon Williamson]

In addition to several WW1 awards, he gets the EK1, Infantry Assault badge and East Front Medal ( as well as the Spange to his 1914 EK2).

[Gordon Williamson]

One of the most extensive combat records I've come across in a Wehrpass, starting in 1915 with "Kämpfe zwischen Maas und Mosel", through to August 1944 when is in in the Ukraine.

[Gordon Williamson]

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[Gordon Williamson]

His Truppenausweis

[Gordon Williamson]

Later photo with all his WW2 decorations.

[Gordon Williamson]

A nice little bonus which came with this one was a letter to him with photo from his son, also a soldier, serving with Grossdeutschland !

[Chris Boonzaier]

Interesting to see all the WW1 entries, usually these are reduced to a line or two.

[Gordon Williamson]

Indeed ! 24 seperate entries for actions in WW1.

Strangely, although there was a separate hand written note tucked into the rear cover which was obviously a memo for the Company Clerk indicating entries to be written into the book ( the same hand writing as the actual entries themselves), there is a 1938 entry for "Einsatz Östereich" but no entry for the Anschluss Medal. So, the Clerk still missed some stuff.

There is an entry for the MVO 4 m. Schw. obviously from his time with 7 Bavarian Infanterie Regiment, and then P.E.K. 2 which I assume is for the EK2 with the "P" for Prussian. First time I have seen the EK specified as Prussian.

Then an entry for Österr. M.V.K. 3 m. Kr. D. which I take to be the Austrian MVK with "Kriegsdekoration".

Certainly a guy who "did his bit".