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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