What do you think is rare to have .....

[Erwin L]

Hello Gents

I was wondering what is rare to have?

Is it the unit, or the battles etc. I was wondering what you think is rare?

For instanstace i have two have two 2 soldbucher from two soldiers who fouht in the same unit on the western front (holland on 17 september 1944). Both in the stab. The day that Market Garden started. Is this rare??

An extra is that one signed the other ones soldbuch as a weapon specialist

Just out of curiousity, i was wondering

Regrads Erwin

[Ian Jewison]

Erwin,

People have different opinions on what is rare but yes, desirable battles such as El-Alamain, Dieppe, Kursk, Stalingrad, Normandy, Arnham, Ardennes etc..those are the big names but there are smaller battles also depending on which front you are interested in.

Desirable signatures in the document can add to the price...equipment issued such camo clothing, weapons etc.

What awards he had......what he wears in the photo....

The list goes on but each has to be taken on their individual merit....when you look into each item, just because he "was there" it does not necessarily mean it is worth a **** load of money!!! Yes, he might have been there but he had no awards, was perhaps on the Staff and miles away from the action but still nice to have as an example!

Just to mention one case.....I have a Soldbuch to a Landesschützen guy, looked pretty boring when I picked it up, he was young but served in a unit of people with stomach ailments and he was issued camo uniform and a K98 with scope. When I got it home and checked his other units he was in Festung Lorient and died there....not bad for DM 35.- I thought! Now I might think that this is worth £200, someone who collects sniper related or Lorient might think that is cheap, however someone who does not know much might think it is worth €40.



/Ian

[leibregiment]

Well

Here is a few of mine which I consider rare(ish)

1/ Wehrpass; KG53, Flew bombers with V1's over England, KIA.

2/Soldbuch; Latvian SS.

3/Wehrpass; Brandenburg/Jagdverband x2

4/Wehrpass; KG 200, flying Mistel operations

5/ Soldbuch; 369 (Kroat) infantry regiment

6/ Soldbuch; 807 (Aserbeidschanisch) Legion.

7/ Wehrpass ;Kroat Ausb Brigade

8/ Soldbuch; IR 303/162(Turk) Inf Div

9/ Wehrpass; Kossack regiment 4

Cheers

Paul

[christof]

Well

Here is a few of mine which I consider rare(ish)

1) Solbuch LVF and "Charlemagne" KIA 1945

2) Soldbuch LW from RK trager Heinz Schmetz

3) Soldbuch Pilote 1 (F) Aufkl. Gr. 123 (Arado 234 B2) KIA 1945

4) Wehrpass NCO Art. Rgt. 115 (Ehrenblatt d. D. Heeres) KIA 1943

5) Soldbuch Hauptman Abwehr

6) Soldbuch NCO U-172 and U-846 KIA 1944

7) Soldbuch SS-Ustuf. 20 W. Gren. Div. der SS "Est." KIA 1945

8) Soldbuch Oberleutnant Art. Rgt. 24 DKG trager with Kampfgruppe Streit

9) Soldbuch NCO Division Brandenburg (Streifkorps Südfrankreich)

and my last beauty (from last month)

10) Soldbuch Legionar Wolga-Tatar-Legion POW june 1944 close to my location.

[Alex Stefanut]

Well

Here is a few of mine which I consider rare(ish)

1. FJ Fliegendes Personal Soldbucher x 2 - FJ Lehr BTL and FJ Pio BTL
2. Brandenburg ZBV800 Soldbuch x 1
3. Brandenburg ZBV800/SS Jagdverbande Wehrpass x 5
4. Heer RK recipient Soldbuch - Normandy veteran and afterwards commander of a Kampfgruppe and a Festung.

Cheers,

Alex

[JeremyJ]

Rare

I would agree with Ian that while certain battles typically stand out as being quite desireable or "rare" the old saying really applies "...beauty is in the eye of the beholder...." and rareity therein.

Case in point I know there are individuals who for instance enjoy Channel Islands, or service in Norway etc.. Ultimately one persons rare does not equal anothers.

That said the well know battles, Normandy, Kursk, Stalingrad etc. appeal to a wide audience and if someone is looking for items which are likely to sell based on mass appeal these would be the ones that will move.

btw I'm not implying you are interested in the latter just makng a point.

OK now start sending me your Battle of Britain flyer Soldbuch and Wehrpas, they are not rare at all.


Jeremy

[Simona Candrea]

My rares

Wehrpass SS totenkopf born in Siebenburgen Romania beat his wife up/then got beat up by father and brother HA comes with docs stating it!!
Soldbuch SS KIA Charlemagne Unterschafuhrer born in France
Soldbuch SS wearing trifos patch born in Brussels
Army Soldbuch guy wearing CCC badge bronze
Like a scheisskopf sold a Danzig-Matzkau SS soldbuch uniform photo Russian born and a Estonian SS Soldbuch wearing E and sword tab KIA


My favorite and rare "I will one day share with the group":
Soldbuch SS Dirlewanger 36th Div. wearing rifles stick grenade patch plus three photos of his unit.

[leibregiment]

Simona....love to see the SS Dirlewanger

[hucks216]

Here are a few of mine that I think are rare/not too common...

1) Battle Of Britain related KG 51 Airgunner Wehrpass.
2) 7./JG 52 Fighter Ace Soldbuch (flew in 7 Staffel at the same time as Erich Hartmann).
3) 2. Trager Freq Komp/648 Soldbuch (only 6 such Kompanies existed).
4) Feldpostamt Soldbuch.
5) Heer Sonderfuhrer Soldbuch.
6) Das Reich Pz Rgt Soldbuch (KIA Normandy).
7) SS-Pol Rgt 23 Dienstpass (Warsaw Ghetto Uprising).
8) Kroat-Ausb Brigade Wehrpass.

[Revellations]

Erwin,

I bet you can't guess what I am going to say. As a lot of you know I collect documents etc from Germans who fought in the Battle of Arnhem. Some of mine include:

1. Grouping of a soldier - Stug Bde 280 - EK1 and Wound Badge document awarded form the battle (signed by Bittrich)
2. Luftwaffe Soldbuch & Wehrpass of a Airfield Support unit in Holland that fought as infantry - mention his combat days in Arnhem.
3. EKII award document for a soldier in a Heer unit that fought in Arnhem
4. A wehrpass for Fliegerhorst Kompanie soldier who fought in Arnhem - states the places he fought in Holland including combat against 'Terrorists'.

All can be seen here: http://www.defendingarnhem.com/perioditems.htm

I like my documents to mention 'Arnhem or Arnheim' in the document as proof that the person was there.

[Reiner]

Several dog tags that I call rare:

- Freiwilligen Legion Norwegen
- SS-Freiwilligen Legion Flandern
- Estnische SS-Legion
- SS-Freiwilligen-Legion Niederlande

It`s quite impossible to find dog tags of Indische Freiwilligen Legion d. W-SS and Italienische-Freiwilligen-Legion, so now I look for the dog tag of Lettische SS-Freiwilligen Legion to close my SS legionary field.

[Justin P]

SoldBuch StuG Abt/Brigade 904

Wehrpass, Guard at the underground/Camp V-2 Factory

NKIG Document, Awarded for Battle of Berlin Member of Pz Gren Rgt.23

SoldBuch, Jäger-Regiment 75 Maybe not Rare, But nice entries while on the Odor River 1945

[Hank C.]

You guys are (IMHO) confusing "rare" with "desirable".

Each and every book is rare, because there isn't a single other one like it.

However, only some are desirable, because they are what people want/look for/find interesting.

best
Hank

[miraul]

Several dog tags that I call rare:

- Freiwilligen Legion Norwegen
- SS-Freiwilligen Legion Flandern
- Estnische SS-Legion
- SS-Freiwilligen-Legion Niederlande

estnische ss legion its 't rare .are two variants ,both are common.
regards

[brooksbz]

Sniper Soldbuchs seem pretty rare and desirable.