was this guy a tank mechanic??

[douglynn]

nice well filled out book plus drivers licence[ class3] ek2 and silver wound badge [ ppi jg mot 83] any help on this one please thanks for looking

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awards

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class 3

[douglynn]

this licence looks brand new off the press

[douglynn]

still same signuture so may be things do age well after 60 odd years

[douglynn]

looks like he cought a dose of the vd {13} and handgrenade or mortor {31b}

[Simon O.]

He was in Panzer Pionier Btl. 209 of the 11 Panzer Division for a while.

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...PzPiBat209.htm


Perhaps due to his wounds he was transferred back to this unit's replacement batl. Panzer Pionier ersatz btl. 5 and taught to drive as he was no longer fit for frontline duty as a pionier?

[douglynn]

thanks si