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    SS Werfer Abt 502 Soldbuch Review

    I am considering buying my first SS soldbuch. I have never owned anything that is related to the SS, so I am not sure where to begin.

    I am still not great at spotting fake entries, or "fishy" material in soldbuchs yet. That will come with time, since I have been collecting for a year now.

    Here is the soldbuch description:

    Soldbuch. SS Werfer Abt 502. Unteroffizier Bruno Baumgart.
    SS Werfer Abt 502.
    1). Soldbuch (Army Soldbuch) with uniform photo, dated 9/04/1941.
    Entitled to: - Verwundeten-Abzeichen in Schwarz.
    Born 3/10/1910. Bruno joined the Army in April 1941 training with 3./ Bau-Ers. Batl.4. After his training he was transferred to Nachschub-Bataillon 148. The battalion was used in Belgium and north France. In April 1941 he joined Nachschub-Bataillon 748 active on the Eastern Front in Romania. In October 1944 Bruno joined Westheer-Bataillon 310 this consisted of SS and Army ranks who were integrated among the SS-Korpstruppen. He was then transferred to 3. / Werfer Abt.Gen.Kdo. SS Panzer Korps. Later that month he joined SS Werfer-Abt.502, which was attached to the 10. SS Panzer-Division "Frundsberg". When he joined this unit it after the fighting at Arnhem.
    The unit was then deployed for the Ardennes offensive. Bruno was injured in 1945.
    Note.. This soldbuch has had most of the swastikas and SS runes removed from the cover and inside the soldbuch. The book has damage to the spine, but there are no loose pages.


    Please tell me if you see anything bad or weird in this book. I understand that SS items are highly copied and reproduced, so I am a bit nervous about this.


    Thanks,
    Swayne Martin
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              Swayne.
              The picture you requested.

              KR ..Martin
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                Thanks for the picture Martin.

                I appreciate it. Sorry if you think I am going behind your back, but I always try to see what others think before I buy something that I am not 100% sure about.

                This picture brings up the question for me of "why is there a wbib entry, and no corresponding wound/hospital entry. I understand that wounds were not always recorded, and that it was late in the war, so things must have been quite disorganized.

                Thanks Martin, any opinions guys?
                Swayne Martin

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                  Maybe the wound wasn't serious enough to require him to go into the Lazarett system and was dealt with at a local level.

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                    Yea, he was probably aided at a truppenverbandplatz/hauptverbandplatz or some other local medical station.
                    I'm collecting anything related to the towns Castricum and Bakkum during WWII.
                    Also soldbucher from 116pzdiv. And 1944-1945 eastfront pockets, kampfgruppe and Oder front.
                    My website: Gotrick.nl

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                      On 1st october 1944 he was promoted Unteroffizier, moste of the time after a transfert to Waffen-SS the Heer rank change for a Waffen-SS one !

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                        Thanks for the help guys. I might hold off on this one for now.

                        Swayne

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