WWII Soldbuch & Wehrpass Grouping – Pionier Veteran of Poland, France, Eastern Front & Festungs-Pionier-Kdr. I – Signatures of Generals

A very interesting and extensively used original WWII German Soldbuch & Wehrpass grouping belonging to Oberfeldwebel Lorenz Müller, born on 4 July 1899, a long-serving Pionier (combat engineer) veteran whose wartime service spanned nearly the entire Second World War.

Units Mentioned

• Brückenkolonne B (mot.) 1/406 (issuing unit of the Soldbuch)
• Pionier-Regiment 541
• Festungspionierkommandeur I

Awards Recorded

• Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
• Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (Iron Cross 2nd Class) – awarded 1 July 1940
• Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern (War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords) – awarded on 20 April 1944

This historically rich grouping documents frontline and combat-support service through multiple major campaigns, including:

• Poland 1939
• Belgium & France 1940
• Yugoslavia / Balkans Campaign
• Crimea
• Caucasus
• Kuban bridgehead
• Eastern Front retreat battles
• Final defensive fighting in Germany during 1945

The Wehrpass remains extensively filled out with original wartime entries, combat participation notes, promotions, equipment issue records, leave entries, hospital stays, and numerous wartime unit stamps.

Rank Progression

• Gefreiter
• Unteroffizier
• Feldwebel
• Final rank: Oberfeldwebel

Combat & Operational History Includes

• Crossing of the Weichsel / Vistula
• Operations around Annopol
• Campaign in Belgium & France
• Fighting around Dinant, the Somme, and the Ardennes
• Balkan operations including Sarajevo, Zvornik, and Bosnia
• Operations in the Crimea
• Service in the Kuban bridgehead
• Eastern Front retreat fighting
• Final defensive battles in Germany and the Alpine region

Particularly interesting are wartime signatures from:

• Generalmajor René Eberle (KIA March 1945)
• Generalmajor Wilhelm Ullersperger (captured November 1944, recipient of the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold)

As a combat engineer, Müller served in highly demanding operational roles supporting troop movements, river crossings, fortifications, demolitions, and battlefield infrastructure under front-line conditions throughout nearly the entire war.

A very attractive and highly researchable Pionier veteran grouping with exceptionally long wartime service and extensive campaign history.

Condition

Condition is overall good and untouched for its age, showing clear wartime use, wear, staining, and aging consistent with field-carried documents.

The original photograph has been removed from the Wehrpass.

All visible insignia and swastikas within the documents have been denazified.

Please study the photographs carefully for overall condition and completeness.