U-boot Wehrpaß front clasp silver and more

[iltisfront]

Hello,
here i want to show you a wehrpaß with really rare inscriptions,the owner got the u-boot badge , the iron cross second class , the u-boot front clasp in bronze and the same clasp in silver , he also got the so called Führerpaket when he was in hospital, the wehrpaß shows some signs of age and use but i myself never saw one with a front-clasp in silver inside
but look yourself

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[Hank C.]

Great Wehrpass! You do find some good stuff. Thanks for posting.

best
Hank

Apparently I'm not paying full attention either...I didn't notice it was the soldbuch! HBC

[JUNGCO]

This is a Soldbuch, not a Wehrpass, but still a great find!
Jeff

[iltisfront]

sorry , my mistake i meant soldbuch and not wehrpaß
Lars Freese

[Ian Jewison]

Very nice Soldbuch......I won't pick on Hank for not noticing as he is new to the job

Herr Burkhardt would appear to have served abourd U-281. The security check 6.11.1944 and most of the signatures authorising the awards are that of it's Commander, Kapit******228;nleutnant Heinz von Davidson.

Also authorising the F******252;hrerpaket Oberbootsmaat Rudolf Gr******252;ske

/Ian

[Eric JB]

Hi,

Nice Soldbuch you have there.

I made the U-281 crewlist for Ubootwaffenet, with the information I received from Herr v.Davidson.

Your man Heinz Burkhardt, Funktion: Zentrale, Dienstgrad: Masch.Gfr., made all the 5 Feindfahrten on U-281.

In 2000 Burkhardt was still alive.

The man who signed the Führerpaket, also mentioned by Ian, is the Seem.Nr.2 Btsmt. Rudolf Grüske, he too made all the 5 Warpatrols and died in 1983.

Unternehmungen U-281.

1. Bergen aus 5.10.1943, St.Nazaire ein 28.11.1943 = 55 Tage.
2. St.Nazaire aus 5.1.1944, St.Nazaire ein 5.3.1944 = 61 Tage.
3. St.Nazaire aus 6.6.1944, St.Nazaire ein 15.6.1944 = 10 Tage.
4. St.Nazaire aus 9.8.1944, La Pallice ein 14.8.1944
La Pallice aus 4.9.1944, Flensburg ein 5.11.1944 = 68 Tage.
5. Kiel aus 26.4.1945, Kristiansand ein 6.5.1945 = 11 Tage.

Am 29.5.1945 Kristiansand aus (16 U-Boote) im Britischen Geleit nach Scapa Flow und weiter nach Stanraer (Schottland).
Boote blieben dort liegen bis zur Versenkung durch Britische Marineeinheiten westlich der Hebriden nach dem 25.11.1945 (Operation "Deadlight").

yours friendly

Eric-Jan Bakker