Soldbuch Sword Beach D-day Normandia

[Daniele C]

Whoops!!! Fixed! Sorry, buddy

Rob

No Problem Rob!

[240stevek]

Ok Daniele....
Now That You Have Made My Book Famous, I Want It Back!
(just Kidding)
Steve

[Daniele C]

Ok Daniele....
Now That You Have Made My Book Famous, I Want It Back!
(just Kidding)
Steve

Thanks to you Steve

Daniele

[besslein]

Thanks to you Steve

Daniele

great story with the soldbuch,and if it come from Steve my dear frind its for sure super for second time Steve have help me to get another nice document from his colection,but it fit now better to my colection
thanks Steve you know what document i mean

[240stevek]

Guys, It Was Fun Doing Trades With Both Of You. Hope To Do More.
Great Collections Happen When Collectors Work Together.
Steve

[Daniele C]

Guys, It Was Fun Doing Trades With Both Of You. Hope To Do More.
Great Collections Happen When Collectors Work Together.
Steve

I agree 100%!

[milcollector]

fascinating soldbuch.
Thanks for posting.
keep em coming !

[Stormfighter]

I thought I would bump up Daniele's post by showing a Wehrpass I recently acquired (thanks Lee!). It belonged to Unteroffizier Franz Rosenthal, who served with Obergefreiter Hans Holub at the "Morris Battery" (both men served in the 2. Batterie of Artillerie-Regiment 1716). The Wehrpass was brought back by a British veteran, who appears to have lugged this Wehrpass with him through the end of the war.

Barry

[Stormfighter]

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[brooksbz]

Thank you for sharing.

[hill112]

Fantastic soldbuch, a piece of history.

[Lee Luke]

That is a nice soldbuch and wehrpass to the 716th. Barry, I will hang onto the Grenadier Rgt 736, of the 716th, soldbuch. You can't get all of the D-Day id's into your collection!

[Panzer Rob]

I thought I would bump up Daniele's post by showing a Wehrpass I recently acquired (thanks Lee!). It belonged to Unteroffizier Franz Rosenthal, who served with Obergefreiter Hans Holub at the "Morris Battery" (both men served in the 2. Batterie of Artillerie-Regiment 1716). The Wehrpass was brought back by a British veteran, who appears to have lugged this Wehrpass with him through the end of the war.

Barry

Very nice Wehrpass Barry with some really interesting history behind it!

Rob

[Archi]

Hi !

Thanks for sharing those two interesting documents !

I was really astonished to see the third entry on p. 22 of the Wehrpass :
Unteroffiziers-Diensttuer

- Any idea why this was entered in the Wehrpass ?
- Are there similar examples or is this a rather unusual entry ?

Thanks,

Archi

[Stormfighter]

Hi !

Thanks for sharing those two interesting documents !

I was really astonished to see the third entry on p. 22 of the Wehrpass :
Unteroffiziers-Diensttuer

- Any idea why this was entered in the Wehrpass ?
- Are there similar examples or is this a rather unusual entry ?

Thanks,

Archi

Archi,

You don't see a Diensttuer entry that often, so yes, it's not that common to see. Fortunately, I can tell you what this title refers to and why. I learned about the Diensttuer designation directly from the former Hauptfeldwebel (First Sergeant), also known as "der Spiess," of Sturmstaffel 1 (Assault [Fighter] Squadron 1). Incidentally, I have been writing a history about Sturmstaffel 1 for many years. I visited the Hauptfeldwebel of Sturmstaffel 1 in 2000 and he still had his Wehrpass. An entry in the Wehrpass shows that he was a Hauptfeldwebel-Diensttuer (Acting First Sergeant). I asked him about the entry and he told me that even though he was charged with the duties of a Hauptfeldwebel, he was not permitted to wear the so-called Kolbenringen (Piston Rings) on the sleeves of his uniform, that is, the two bands of silver tress on the lower uniform sleeves, because he had not attended the Hauptfeldwebel training course.

In the case of Franz Rosenthal, he was an Unteroffizier-Diensttuer (Acting Sergeant), having been charged with the duties of an Unteroffizier without having attended the training course for Unteroffiziere. In brief, a Diensttuer performs the duties of his designated rank, but has not attended the training course that was normally required to attain that rank.

Barry