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    Well im confused This example came to light yesterday when a Stamp dealer bought a box of stamps from a family. Its nothing that sexy but from what i can gather he went through training and a pressume found fit for active service but after 3 pages the rest of the book is blank, any help would be gratefull
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    No training and no military service:

    He had the usual compulsory draft board examination as a potential conscript, was put into the pool of replacement reserves where he remained for the duration. He merely underwent four later medical exams, but was never called up for active duty.

    Apparently, he was of rather poor health:

    His first draft board exam was on 29 July 1938, when he was 19 years of age and would have been called up for military service the following year. He was found to be fit for service only to a limited degree, exempted from call-up for regular compulsory service and taken into the replacement reserves.

    His four subsequent exams (30 October 1940, November 1942, 19 February 1944 and 24 October 1944) all found him to be "arbeitsverwendungsfähig" [roughly "suitable for work"], which was the lowest category of fitness for duty above being fully unfit on medical grounds. Those graded "av" were only fit for the lightest duty in homeland garrisons (for example office duty, service as a military prison guard etc.)

    (It could be he had some sort of lung- or heart condition, as the dated "Schirmbild" stamp tells us that he underwent an X-ray exam on 10 October 1944.)
    Last edited by HPL2008; 02-17-2020, 12:28 PM.

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      Originally posted by HPL2008 View Post
      No training and no military service:

      He had the usual compulsory draft board examination as a potential conscript, was put into the pool of replacement reserves where he remained for the duration. He merely underwent four later medical exams, but was never called up for active duty.

      Apparently, he was of rather poor health:

      His first draft board exam was on 29 July 1938, when he was 19 years of age and would have been called up for military service the following year. He was found to be fit for service only to a limited degree, exempted from call-up for regular compulsory service and taken into the replacement reserves.

      His four subsequent exams (30 October 1940, November 1942, 19 February 1944 and 24 October 1944) all found him to be "arbeitsverwendungsfähig" [roughly "suitable for work"], which was the lowest category of fitness for duty above being fully unfit on medical grounds. Those graded "av" were only fit for the lightest duty in homeland garrisons (for example office duty, service as a military prison guard etc.)

      (It could be he had some sort of lung- or heart condition, as the dated "Schirmbild" stamp tells us that he underwent an X-ray exam on 10 October 1944.)



      Thank you for your detailed reply, very helpful indeed , many regards, Pete

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