Soldbuch & Document Grouping to Unteroffizier – Grenadier-Regiment 404 (246. Infanterie-Division) – 4 Awards

Name: Soldbuch &amp; Document Grouping to Unteroffizier – Grenadier-Regiment 404 (246. Infanterie-Division) – 4 Awards
SKU: 205261
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Very interesting and extensive WW2 German Soldbuch grouping belonging to Unteroffizier Fritz Ehrler, born 11 February 1913 in Mannheim. A well-filled Soldbuch with numerous entries, stamps, lazarett stays, combat-related hospitalization records, awards, leave entries and accompanying documents.

The Soldbuch was originally issued to Ehrler as a Gefreiter and later updated to Unteroffizier.

Identified Units

Infanterie-Regiment 404
Grenadier-Regiment 404 of the 246. Infanterie-Division
Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 352
- Replacement/training formations connected to Mannheim and Luxembourg

Awards Recorded

Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. klasse mit Schwertern (KVK2) – awarded 26.10.1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (EK2) – awarded 2..5.1943
Ostmedaille (“Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”) – entered 4.8.1942
Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz – entered 8.6.1943

Wounds / Hospitalization

The Soldbuch contains extensive medical and lazarett entries, making this grouping especially interesting for research.

Recorded stays include:

Reservelazarett Grimma
Feldlazarett (mot.) 606
Reserve-Lazarett II Jablonna-Legionowo
Reservelazarett II Chemnitz – Teillazarett Rabenstein
Reservelazarett Tauberbischofsheim
Reservelazarett III Würzburg
Teillazarett Juliusspital Würzburg

Several medical classifications and transfers are recorded throughout 1942–1945.

Additional Interesting Entries

Numerous official Wehrmacht and lazarett stamps
Equipment issue entries
Leave entries
Wehrmacht-Marschausweis included
Additional accompanying wartime and postwar papers/booklets
Portrait photograph still present inside the Soldbuch
Waffen and equipment issue pages filled in
Detailed personal description page complete.

Included

Original Soldbuch
Wehrmacht-Marschausweis
Additional accompanying documents/booklets as shown

A very displayable and researchable original grouping with excellent wartime content, numerous medical/lazarett entries and combat award documentation.

€225,00

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Historical Description

This Soldbuch belonged to Unteroffizier Fritz Ehrler, a German Army soldier connected to replacement and infantry formations including Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 352 and Infanterie-Regiment 404 / Grenadier-Regiment 404 of the 246. Infanterie-Division.

His service history reflects the harsh reality experienced by many Wehrmacht soldiers on the Eastern Front and later in the war. The entry of the Ostmedaille confirms participation in the brutal winter campaign of 1941/42, one of the deadliest periods of the war for German forces.

The Soldbuch further records the award of the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, confirming Ehrler was wounded in action. The numerous lazarett and reserve hospital entries show repeated medical treatment and transfers through several military hospitals across occupied Europe and Germany.

Particularly attractive is the later wartime award of the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse on 26 October 1944, indicating continued frontline or combat-related service despite earlier wounds and hospitalization.

The grouping remains highly interesting due to: