Soldbuch & Document Grouping – Füsilier-Regiment 27 (12. Volksgrenadier-Division) – Wounded in Hürtgenwald – Close Combat Day at Stolberg!
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Excellent and combat-related WW2 German Soldbuch and document grouping belonging to Oberschütze Ludwig Winter, born 4 January 1907 in Leipzig-Gohlis.
A highly interesting late-war infantry grouping with documented combat service in the Hürtgenwald fighting, a recorded close combat day near Stolberg/Atsch, award documents and numerous lazarett entries.
Winter served with:
- Infanterie-Regiment 484
- 9. Kompanie / Füsilier-Regiment 27 of the 12. Volksgrenadier-Division
The grouping includes the original Soldbuch with portrait photo, award document, combat day slip, civilian/postwar paperwork and various additional documents.
Awards & Decorations
Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz
Awarded on:
- 24 January 1945
Award document states:
- wounded on 17.11.1944
- awarded for a 1-time wound
This wound was sustained during the brutal fighting in the Battle of the Hürtgenwald.
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse
Awarded:
- 1 September 1941
Interesting detail:
- awarded while serving as a Regierungsrat (government official/civil servant)
Combat & Frontline Service
A separate combat day card records:
- 17 September 1944
- location: Atsch near Stolberg
This entry confirms a documented Nahkampftag (close combat day) during the fighting around Aachen/Stolberg, part of the heavy battles on the German western frontier in autumn 1944.
The Soldbuch also contains:
- shooting qualification entries
- weapon issue entries
- extensive clothing/equipment issue pages
- multiple official field and lazarett stamps
- His awards are entered on page 14!
Lazarett / Medical History
Numerous late-war hospitalization entries including:
- Reserve-Lazarett Lengerich (Westf.)
- Teillazarett Oberschule Kitzingen
- Reserve-Lazarett V Leipzig
- Reserve-Lazarett Cosel O/S
- Ausweichlazarett Leipzig
- Teillazarett Max Klingerschule
The wound entry from 17.11.1944 strongly ties this Soldbuch to the catastrophic Hürtgenwald campaign.
Included in the Grouping
- Original Soldbuch with portrait photo
- Verwundetenabzeichen award document
- Close combat day card
- KVK2 award document copy
- Additional civilian/postwar paperwork
- Identity/photo card
- Various accompanying documents as shown
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Soldbuch & Document Grouping – Füsilier-Regiment 27 (12. Volksgrenadier-Division) – Wounded in Hürtgenwald – Close Combat Day at Stolberg! · SKU: 285262
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