Heer Zugwache Officer set.

[Gordon Williamson]

Loads of very reasonably priced Soldbuch and WEhrpass material on Helmut Weitze's update last Friday. Looks like there was a bit of a feeding frenzy as most seem to have gone very quickly.

Managed to get this rather nice book.

Leutnant Erich Schmidt

[Gordon Williamson]

Seems to have been a bank employee before military service with the WEhrmacht. Born in 1890, so already 51 when this book was made up.

[Gordon Williamson]

Interesting ( to me at least !) units

Zugwachkompanie z.b.V. 504

Zugwachabteilung 504

Zugwachabteilung 503

Also,

Heeresstreifen Lehr Abteilung

Wehrmachtstreifen Lehr Abteilung.

[Gordon Williamson]

Interesting entry on his kit issue page, for the Streifenschnur.

Members of the Streifendienst wore a modified version of the Adjutants Aiguilette as a badge of office.

[Gordon Williamson]

His service pistol referred to on other pages was evidently reeplaced by his own personal Walther PP purchased at his own expense.

[Gordon Williamson]

Only one award listed, the Ostmedaille, but.....................

[Gordon Williamson]

........included in the set was a spare ID photo, possibly from his Zugwache Ausweis. In this he is clearly wearing the 1914 EK2 and Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer, so he obviosuly saw combat service in WW1.

[Gordon Williamson]

Demob papers from August 1945.

[Gordon Williamson]

Personal details on demob. Note his confirmation at the bottom of the sheet that he has received full pay up to July 1945

[Gordon Williamson]

By the simple expedient of having them all demobbed, the Allies removed any legal protection these soldiers would have had as PoWs. They were now "displaced enemy persons".

Schmidt was interned at Neuengamme. Interesting, as this former Concentration Camp was initially used to hold ex-SS men and others held for "security" reasons.

This sheets is his acknowledgement of having had his valuables returned to him ( including this Soldbuch) on his release in 1946.

[hucks216]

Very nice addition to the WP/SB collection Gordon. He does seem to have a very stern look to him in the soldbuch - I can picture him with that expression peering out from under a cap visor!

Edited August 4, 2011 by hucks216