TAP3 Large set including Soldbuch, award documents, original front photos and battle damaged Erkennungsmarke for Heer Panzerjäger Oberfeldwebel

Large set including Soldbuch, award documents, original front photos and battle damaged Erkennungsmarke for Heer Panzerjäger Oberfeldwebel, subject served with the anti-tank component of 290 Inf. Div., this division was a spearhead in the Operation Barabarosa drive to Leningrad and ended up surrounded in the famous Demjansk Pocket, unit also fought in Courland in the late stages of the war, set includes Soldbuch issued in October '39 has entries through '45,also included is a hand written summary of subject's history as well as photocopies of illustrative wartime photos with captions, original photos depict subject in training, with family, in convalescence, and at the front with weapons, one large colorized photo measuring 29x21cm shows subject wearing M42 service blouse with Nahkampfspange, EKI, Wound Badge in Gold, ribbon bar and TDBs on his right sleeve, Soldbuch with separate leatherette cover has photo of subject in NCO service blouse and was issued in October '39, there are numerous entries for hospital stays, Nahkampftagen and awards such as Ostmedaiile, EKII, EKI, Wound Badge in Silver, Nahkampfspange class 1, Wound Badge in Gold and Panzervernichtungsabzeichen, Soldbuch was extensively used and has a few loose and several inserted pages, there are folded award documents for EKII, EKI, Wound Badges in Black, Silver and Gold plus Nahkampfspange, additionally there is subject's military driver's license with photo, Certificate of Discharge and several postwar documents, finally former owner's aluminum battle damaged Erkennungsmarke with cord and attached St Christopher medal is included, due to the wealth of material it was not possible to show everything, fantastic group, USD $2300 SOLD