Soldbuch & Doc Grouping – Grenadier-Regiment 404 (246. Infanterie-Division) – 4 Awards (EK2, VWA, KVK2, WIO)

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.