Today I want to show one of the better Soldbucher sets I added to my collection this year.
In this case I'am working with an "Ersatz aüsfertigüng" Soldbuch, so we don't know all the details of his service a Soldbuch.
He joined the Fallschirmjäger and because of an award document for the wounded badge in black, we know that he fought with the sixth company of FJR10 in Italy, he was wounded on June 30 1944 in the Sienna area. prior to August 1944, but their is enough information available to puzzle his story together.
Anton Flossdorf (°1926) a precision metalworker from Braunschweig, he was an atheist, not an entry you come across often in
After he recuperated from his wound he was sent to a Fj replacement unit in Aschersleben, this is where this Soldbuch was issued to him, his original one was to damaged to be used further.
On November 2 1944 he was sent to the front again, he joined the third company of Fj Battalion Crahs, a small paratrooper unit that was attached to the remnants of the 59ID, GR1036 was then commanded by a Luftwaffe officer, Major Jüngwirth, they were defending a bridgehead across the Meuse River in Heusden (Holland).
Shortly after he arrived at the frontline, on November 4 1944, the 51th Highland Division launched operation "Guy Fawkes", an attempt to force the Germans out of their bridgehead south of the Meuse River.
No less then ninety tanks were used in this offensive on a relative small front and the Crocodile tank attack was successful, also the tanks of B squadron of 4th RTR joined the fight and the German forces were driven out of their defensive positions.
Despite the German frontline collapsed, Anton Flossdorf had a personal success, he was able to knock out one of the allied tanks with a handheld weapon (Panzerfaust?).
On November 11 1944 he was awarded a tank destruction badge, soon an Infantry Sturmabzeichen was awarded followed by the LW Erdkampfabzeichen and in December 1944 both EKII & I.
He stayed on the front in Holland until the end of the war with the same unit that changed names a couple of times: Fj Rgt Jüngwirth became FJR32 for example.
In this case I'am working with an "Ersatz aüsfertigüng" Soldbuch, so we don't know all the details of his service a Soldbuch.
He joined the Fallschirmjäger and because of an award document for the wounded badge in black, we know that he fought with the sixth company of FJR10 in Italy, he was wounded on June 30 1944 in the Sienna area. prior to August 1944, but their is enough information available to puzzle his story together.
Anton Flossdorf (°1926) a precision metalworker from Braunschweig, he was an atheist, not an entry you come across often in
After he recuperated from his wound he was sent to a Fj replacement unit in Aschersleben, this is where this Soldbuch was issued to him, his original one was to damaged to be used further.
On November 2 1944 he was sent to the front again, he joined the third company of Fj Battalion Crahs, a small paratrooper unit that was attached to the remnants of the 59ID, GR1036 was then commanded by a Luftwaffe officer, Major Jüngwirth, they were defending a bridgehead across the Meuse River in Heusden (Holland).
Shortly after he arrived at the frontline, on November 4 1944, the 51th Highland Division launched operation "Guy Fawkes", an attempt to force the Germans out of their bridgehead south of the Meuse River.
No less then ninety tanks were used in this offensive on a relative small front and the Crocodile tank attack was successful, also the tanks of B squadron of 4th RTR joined the fight and the German forces were driven out of their defensive positions.
Despite the German frontline collapsed, Anton Flossdorf had a personal success, he was able to knock out one of the allied tanks with a handheld weapon (Panzerfaust?).
On November 11 1944 he was awarded a tank destruction badge, soon an Infantry Sturmabzeichen was awarded followed by the LW Erdkampfabzeichen and in December 1944 both EKII & I.
He stayed on the front in Holland until the end of the war with the same unit that changed names a couple of times: Fj Rgt Jüngwirth became FJR32 for example.