Grouping of a CCC silver recipient

[walter1010de]

Hello,
I want to show You a grouping of a well decorated 2nd Lieutenant of Infanterie-Regiment 58, 6. Infanterie-Division.
He was with this Regiment from late 1939 until summer 1944. I will try to research what then happened to him. In the grouping there is a letter in which he stated that he fought on 16. April 1945 in Bergisch-Born, in the vicinity of Remscheid.
I also got the information, that he was seriously wounded in that time (shot in the lower jaw, under one ear in and under the other out...).
Maybe some of You know which U.S., British or German troops were fighting in April in that area?
He received the IC II, IAB silver, BWB, SWB, East Medal, CCC bronce, IC I, CCC silver.

Just have a look at the uncommon award document for the CCC bronce, unfortunately the documents for the IAB and the CCC silver are missing.

[walter1010de]

...the award documents:

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...more...

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...and some more...

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...Soldbuch with picture as NCO and with CCC bronce...

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...it is a "Zweitschrift" (second issue)...

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....I photographed the interesting pages of the Soldbuch, not all.
His last wound (April 1945?) is not mentioned...

[walter1010de]

Soldbuch continued, here is the CCC silver entry on 22 Marc 1945.

[walter1010de]

Here are all of his other awards and the (incomplete?) list of 17 close combat days / engagements.
Maybe they did not update the close combat data sheet in his Soldbuch after they gave him the "Zweitschrift". Seems that the list is "older" than the other parts of the Soldbuch and was transferred from his first Soldbuch?

[walter1010de]

His "Erkennungsmarke" and the Wehrpass (Wehrpass-cover is missing, but it is complete and not a "Zweitschrift").

[walter1010de]

...Wehrpass...

[Erwin L]

Ahh. So you are the lucky one Mark Congrats. Great group. Nice to see him wearing his nahkampfspange on his portrait foto from the soldbuch. The document is unusual but very nice. The nahkampftage list is awesome

Regards

Erwin

[walter1010de]

...some more Wehrpass-photos. The 6. Infanterie-Division was part of the German operation "Zitadelle" at Kursk in July 1943.

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...still Wehrpass...
You can see that the dates of the award of the CCC silver are different in the Soldbuch and the Wehrpass. What might the reason be?

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