Heer Interesting Wehrpass for a "busted" Feldgendarm

[Gordon Williamson]

This one came from a German auction site where unfortunately the seller listed the Soldbuch and Wehrpass separately and I only got the Wehrpass. The Soldbuch went for way more than I'd have paid for a "Zweitschrift" with no photo and not many entries anyway but at least the seller also supplied a full set of photocopies of the Soldbuch pages.

Anyhow, our man was initially in the Verkehrsregelungstruppe, or Army Traffic Control, a branch of the military police that was eventually absorbed into the Feldgendarmerie proper.

[Gordon Williamson]

He sees front line service with Feldgendarmerie Abt. (mot.) 551, and Feldgendarmerie Trupp 336.

[Gordon Williamson]

Sees a fair bit of service on both West and East Fronts.

[Gordon Williamson]

Now this is where it could have been tragic with the SB and WP being split. In the WEhrpass there is no indication of rank.

The Soldbuch reveals the reason why.

Two entries revealing that he had caught VD ( code 13 -considered a self inflicted illness). Probably decided to "sample the goods" when rousting some grunts out of a Bordello !

But more serious, especially for an MP, a code 36 "feigning illness".

[Gordon Williamson]

And the result was that he was busted, originally an Unteroffizier, he is reduced to the rank of Private !

At least the copies of the SB pages will stay with this one now, to give the full story that sits behind the Wehrpass..

[hucks216]

Nice wehrpass Gordon. It is a pity that the SB was split from this but at least you have the scans that allow you to see why he was busted.

[Laurence Strong]

Nice one Gordon. What are codes 12 and 13?

[hucks216]

I think it is just two 13's and a 36. Code 13 is for VD!