Militaria

Nice Wehrpass to Josef Mouhler, Pionier in Pionier Btl 243, 243 Infanterie Division. The Wehrpass indicates Josef took part in the following battles;

6.6.44 Invasionsfront
.44 France
.44 Lothringen
.45 Oberrhein

All in all a very nice Wehrpass with a impressive list of attended battles and a great base for further resource.

 

Large Soldbuch, Wehrpass and document grouping to Werner Gunkel, Hauptfeldwebel in the 269 Infanterie Division. Gunkel enlisted to Infanterie Reigiment 16 before the war on 28.10.1937. He was transferred to the staff of the 269 Infanterie Division on 26.8.39 with the stammrollnumber 1 right until 8.5.45. The Wehrpass indicates Gunkel took part in the following battles and operations in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Denmark and Norway.

8.9.39 Securing of the German western border
10.5.40 Battle for Maastricht
10.5.40 Crossing of the Maas
11.5.40 Crossing of the Albertkanaal west of Maastricht
13.5.40 Following battles in eastern Belgium and over the Albertkanaal
13.5.40 Taking of the town of Lüttich
14.5.40 Battles of Lüttich fortifications
15.5.40 Battles of Namur fortifications
16.5.40 breakthrough through the Dyle fortifications
16.5.40 Taking of the town of Namur
20.5.40 Battle of the Schelde
20.5.40 Battles for the fortifications of St. Amand.
5.6.40 Battles for France
11.6.40 Battles for Cote d’Or
14.7.40 Transport to Denmark
7.8.40 Taking of Denmark
22.6.41 Battles for Lithuanian border
25.6.41 Breaktrough at the Lithuanian border line
26.6.41 Tank battle at the Dubysa river
27.6.41 Crossing of the Düna river.
2.7.41 Breakthrough through the Latvian/Russian border
8.7.41 Breakthrough through the Russian Border and battles south of lake Ilmen
12.7.41 Battle for Schelon
14.7.41 Attack and defense of Luga
15.8.41 Battles for Luga
24.8.41 Taking of Luga
25.8.41 Breaktrough of the Luga defenses
29.8.41 Break into the Leningrad surroundings
13.9.41 Taking of Krasnogwardeisk
17.9.41 Taking of Puschkin
26.9.41 Defensive battles for Leningrad
7.12.41 Defensive battles for Krasnogwardeisk
17.12.41 Attack on Pogostje and Olomna
28.12.41 Battles between lake Ilmen and Ladoga.
30.12.41 Defense at Pogostje
13.1.42 Defense against Russian Wolchow offensive for release of Leningrad
9.3.42 Defensive battles at Schala and Konduja
10.5.42 Trench battles at Wolchow and Pogostje area
1.11.42 Transport to Norway
16.11.42 Taking of Norway

24.11.40 Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwerter
23.6.42 Verwundetenabzeichen im Schwarz
18.4.43 Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwerter

The grouping comes complete with the Soldbuch, Wehrpass, military and civilian drivers licenses and some post war POW papers. A very nice group that would be a very nice base for further research.

Large period map of Arlon area with large parts of Luxemburg and the Ardennes. A very nice and colourful map from 1943!

Death card of Gefreiter Josef Greineder. Killed in action during the Ardennes battles at Kesfeld / Eifel. Greineder was 19 years old and was killed 22.1.1945 in Kesfeld / Eifel and is buried in Daileden, Germany. The database at the graveyard indicates his Erkennungsmarke read 2659 – St.KP.G.EB. 423. indicating Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 423. This battalion was the unit supplying replacements for the 212. Volks-Grenadier-Division. 

Nice original Waffen-SS picture of men standing around a crashed Russian Il 2 Sturmovyk. The photograph is sized 7x10cm.

Death card of the Gefreiter Alfons Thalhammer. Killed in action during the Normandy battles 20 years old on 2nd of July 1944 in Saint-Lo. Koller is buried in Orglandes, France.