Volkssturm soldbuch - 17 yr old

[fldjr]

Here's a soldbuch I just bought off the estand, not many entries but that is typical?The condition is almost unissued - were these given to the holders or kept in a central location? Also, the 2 pages comprising 11-14 are still joined. Would appreciate any comments.
Thanks,
Fred

[fldjr]

Still has page w/Hitler pic

[fldjr]

First pages

[fldjr]

From Saarburg

[fldjr]

Only entries for clothing/equipment, I think it is tunic, trousers, and belt?

[fldjr]

Uncut pages. No other entries.

[robin morley]

Volkssturm Soldbuch

Hello,

I own a number of Volkssturm grouping and to answer your question, basically it depends, I have 2 Soldbuchs both from Gau 20 that were retained at company level and only came to light as part of a cache found in the last few years. I also have quite a few that were held by the soldier himself and obviously retained post war, almost exclusivley these have AH's photo removed whilst the 'cache ' ones still retain it.

One thing I have noticed though is that all and I also have one from the Saar have the Gau stamp applied on the bottom left of page 2 which appears to be missing from yours.

[fldjr]

Thanks Robin. Does it look all original? Have you seen other books with untrimmed pages?
Fred

[robin morley]

From what I can see, including the hand writing all looks original, I have not seen one with untrimmed pages or without the gau stamp, but that being said towards wars end this could of course be possible

[PeterPaul]

This would be the first Volkssturm SB I have seen without a stamp.