My very first SS soldbuch & grouping

[mr.dogtag]

I fully agree with fronti
This is typical oxidation/patina for the tags kept together with paper items.
The tag is absolutely correct.
Al

[baldy1939]

many thanks for your help & comments Fronti & Al

[Lionel H.]

The dag is 100% OK

Concerning the Unit, the SS-Brigade 49 was integrated to the 17.SS-Pz.Gren.Div. "G.v.B." at the end of August 44 (official order Aug.30th 1944), after fightings in the Champagne Area (I would suggest you to find the old Number of "DerFreiwillige" with lot of details about these Fights... don't remember which Nr, excuse me, and also the published "Kriegstagebuch" from the GvB. There is an int. "Gefechtsbericht" about the activities from the Brig.49 unter Sturmbannführer Markus Faulhaber from Aug.23th to Aug.28th). Probably this Transfer has not been written in the Book due to the fact that the complete coys were integrated to the Götz which came out of Normandy and the following Retreat in a very bad Shape. Second Reason is that the Unit was directly involved in bloody Fights around Metzt within the Götz. Böhm was WIA on Sept.20th, at this Time his Unit was fighting on the southern part of the so-called "Brückenkopf Metz" in Lorraine, eastern France., mostly around the villages from Pournoy-la-Chetive and Sillegny. Like most of the wounded SS-Soldiers at this time in the 17th, he was transferred to the SS-Lazarett Landstuhl (Pfalz), approx 120Km / 2 hours.

Nice Item, congrats. Lionel.

[Oberbootsmann]

Thanks for showing this nice grouping. I remember very good when I received my first SS Wehrpass (and in comparison with your grouping it was a quite boring one).

And thanks Fronti for clarifying the dog tag question. I always appreciate Bessleins postings regarding documents but it seems that dog tags aren't exactly his area of expertise.

Regards