Soldbuch & Document Grouping – Füsilier-Regiment 27 (12. Volksgrenadier-Division) – Wounded in Hürtgenwald – Close Combat Day at Stolberg!
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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Historical Description
This grouping belonged to Oberschütze Ludwig Winter, a soldier who served with the 9. Kompanie of Füsilier-Regiment 27, part of the 12. Volksgrenadier-Division during the final phase of the war in the west.
The division fought in some of the harshest combat on the Western Front, including the fighting around Aachen, Stolberg and the Hürtgenwald.
A particularly attractive detail is the surviving combat day card documenting a Nahkampftag on 17 September 1944 at Atsch near Stolberg, directly connected to the fierce defensive battles preceding the Aachen campaign.
Even more significant is the included award document for the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, confirming Winter was wounded on 17 November 1944 during the devastating Battle of the Hürtgenwald — one of the bloodiest and most attritional campaigns fought by German and American forces on the Western Front.
Another fascinating aspect is the earlier award of the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse in 1941 while Winter served as a Regierungsrat, showing the transition from civilian governmental service to frontline infantry combat later in the war.
A very strong late-war combat Soldbuch grouping with documented Hürtgenwald service, close combat participation, wound documentation and extensive medical history.
