Original Soldbuch of Feldwebel Alfred Hau, born on October 6, 1917 in Elbing. Soldbuch opened on August 15, 1939 by the 1. Kompanie/ Pionier-Bataillon 21 of the 21. Infanterie-Division just before the Invasion of Poland. He wore the Erkennungsmarke: -118- 1.Pi.21.
He served with the following (notable) unit(s):
- 1. Kompanie/ Pionier-Bataillon 21 of the 21. Infanterie-Division
- 1. Kompanie/ Pionier-Bataillon 121 of the 121. Infanterie-Division
- 2. Kompanie/ Festungs-Bau-Bataillon 8 (later Festungs-Pionier-Bataillon 8)
- 1. Kompanie/ Pionier-Bataillon 22 of the 22. Infanterie-Division (LL)
He earned the following award(s):
- on 28.05.1940 the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse during the Western Campaign
- Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz also somewhere around this period
- on 23.12.1941 the Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen
- on 10.03.1943 the Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42
Promotions:
- 01.12.1939 to Gefreiter
- 01.01.1941 to Obergefreiter
- 01.01.1941 to Unteroffizier
- 01.12.1944 to Unterfeldwebel
- 01.05.1945 to Feldwebel
Interesting entries: Next to a Rifle, he was also equipped with the Maschinenpistole 40 (MP40) on April 18, 1941. Also an unusual entries, is that he received a complete bicycle (Fahrrad vollständig) on April 25, 1941 and a Thermosflasche on October 5, 1942!
Hospital entries: In December 1939, he suffered an illness of his Blindedarm (Appendix). Later on June 3, 1940 (so likely he suffered his wound earlier) he was hospitalized in Reserve-Lazarett Göttingen for a Schussverletzung des Oberschenkels (Gunshot wound to the thigh) and discharged to the Genesungs-Kompanie of the Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon 1 (noted that he served with this unit from 10.6.40 to 25.7.40). On 27.8.40, he went to the Kriegslazarett 1/164 for an Augenverletzung links (wound left-eye) and in 1942 (dates difficult to read), he seems to have suffered from Akute Diphterie / Nephritis.
Complete with stunning ID photo in tropical uniform wearing his awards. Nothing was denazified or censored. Condition as seen.
