Hey all,
I thought it would be fun to start a thread where we can showcase our favorite Soldbuch/Wehrpass/Ausweis/Urkunde/etc. additions for 2009.
It was an extremely good buying year for me and I managed to add some very significant pieces to my collection. I've gone down the list and there are 5 or 6 "highlights" out of everything I acquired, this being one of them...
A SS-Soldbuch (and Erkennungsmarke) to SS-Obersturmführer Erich Bruhns who was awarded his EKI while serving as a platoon leader in "Totenkopf."
He served first in 8.komp/ SS-VT regiment "Germania" during the 1940 campaign in the west, then SS-Division "Wiking" (still in Regiment "Germania") during the first 6 months of Barbarossa. He was then sent to SS-Schule Braunschweig and after being commissioned in June of 1942 (SS-Untersturmführer) sent back to Wiking as a platoon leader (11.kompanie) where he was wounded in November of the same year. He was then transferred to Totenkopf and served as a platoon leader in the 1./SS.Pz.Gren.Rgt.5 and was wounded in early August 1944.
He was awarded the EKII, IAB in silver and black wound badge through Wiking and the EKI and silver wound badge with Totenkopf. He was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer in Nov.1944
John Moore set me up with a copy of Bruhns' 25+ page NARA SS file... Lots of great info contained in there!
The photo is just killer... It's razor sharp and you can even make out the SS runes on Bruhns' 4-year SS medal ribbon on his ribbon bar. Part of his IAB in silver is also visible. There are also a lot of SS Officer signatures within the book, not to mention some great stamps.
Here are a couple of shots... Sorry to watermark it but I will share better scans at a later date, once I have completely researched the book.
Rob
I thought it would be fun to start a thread where we can showcase our favorite Soldbuch/Wehrpass/Ausweis/Urkunde/etc. additions for 2009.
It was an extremely good buying year for me and I managed to add some very significant pieces to my collection. I've gone down the list and there are 5 or 6 "highlights" out of everything I acquired, this being one of them...
A SS-Soldbuch (and Erkennungsmarke) to SS-Obersturmführer Erich Bruhns who was awarded his EKI while serving as a platoon leader in "Totenkopf."
He served first in 8.komp/ SS-VT regiment "Germania" during the 1940 campaign in the west, then SS-Division "Wiking" (still in Regiment "Germania") during the first 6 months of Barbarossa. He was then sent to SS-Schule Braunschweig and after being commissioned in June of 1942 (SS-Untersturmführer) sent back to Wiking as a platoon leader (11.kompanie) where he was wounded in November of the same year. He was then transferred to Totenkopf and served as a platoon leader in the 1./SS.Pz.Gren.Rgt.5 and was wounded in early August 1944.
He was awarded the EKII, IAB in silver and black wound badge through Wiking and the EKI and silver wound badge with Totenkopf. He was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer in Nov.1944
John Moore set me up with a copy of Bruhns' 25+ page NARA SS file... Lots of great info contained in there!
The photo is just killer... It's razor sharp and you can even make out the SS runes on Bruhns' 4-year SS medal ribbon on his ribbon bar. Part of his IAB in silver is also visible. There are also a lot of SS Officer signatures within the book, not to mention some great stamps.
Here are a couple of shots... Sorry to watermark it but I will share better scans at a later date, once I have completely researched the book.
Rob
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