This is the first Soldbuch I have ever had for a Luftwaffe flight crewman, I am posting it here to share it and also hopefully to get some feedback on it as I plan to sell it. I am particularly interested in hearing any comments on the value of this item as it is outside my normal collection area and I'm not sure what a reasobnable price for this would be. This Soldbuch was issued to Heinz Uze, he served with Fernaufklaerungs-Geschwader 101, later with Erg.-Nahaufklaerungsgruppe Bromberg and finally with Nachtnahaufklaerugs-Staffel 1/31. He was awarded the Air Gunners Badge and the Recon Clasp in bronze. The book comes with a really great Soldbuch cover with a nice embossed early drooptail Luftwaffe eagle. I am going to post a bunch of scans, it is a great book with a lot of interesting entries.
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I took the book out of the cover to make the scans. It was issued in December 1942. -
Units page and some interesting entries, he was tested for fitness for tropical duty and his night vision was also checked.Comment
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Insert for issue of a winter flight helmet. There are a couple places in the book with names and addresses in pencil, from Uze's time as a Soviet POW.Comment
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Uniform/equipment issue. There is an entry for an Einheitsmutze, the M43 cap.Comment
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More issue entries. He was issued a lot of flight gear- the summer flight suit, insulated boots, flight gloves and goggles.Comment
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He was issued a summer flight helmet and also a caliber 7.65 pistol of an unspecified type. On Page 14 under the insert is an entry for issue of a high altitude O2 mask.Comment
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Pay entries and awards. The Air Gunner Badge in March 1944 and the Recon Clasp in April 1945.Comment
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There are a couple of Merkblaetter pasted into the back. Any comments on this book are welcome and appreciated.Comment
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Heh, I have an ID tag just a couple numbers away from his - 149-Comment
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Nice Soldbuch, Chris. I do not actively collect Luftwaffe IDs but would eventually like to get a few Soldbücher to pilots and air crew.
RobComment
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Even though they do not usually wear wrappers?Originally posted by Rob Johnson View Post
Seriously, like Rob I think it is a nice soldbuch. Value? I would say USD 160 - 200.
How do I get to that value?
If you go here: http://www.militaria321.com/auktion/...-1%2C-2%2C-FFS....
You will find a group of another airgunner with:
- Soldbuch
- Award documents for Fliegerschützenabzeichen, EK2, EK1 and clasp in bronce
- Two additional licenses with picture of the guy
- Additional documents
He might have been in a more spectacular unit - on the other hand your soldbuch is in a clearly better shape.
And it all sold like yesterday for EUR 420 (which is a bit too low now that I think about it). Anyway, let's see what others think ... or if it will all be done via private messages like usual
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Nice soldbuch, I think a very nice example compared to some
I'll take a wild guess and say $250 to $300 US
Cheers
GregComment
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