Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Promoted Oberleutnant in 1937, Hauptmann in 1938, and Major in 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 His Truppenausweis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Later photo with all his WW2 decorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Interesting to see all the WW1 entries, usually these are reduced to a line or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 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". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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