[Continuous updates] A soldbuch grouping display of an artilleryman from the 290th Infantry Division, along with the accompanying medals and documents

[wtxh7]

Guten Tag! I'm Tim, from Columbia, Missouri, USA, a very typical large rural area.Just joined this forum a few days ago without properly introducing myself. In fact, I noticed that this is a quite longstanding forum, with many posts dating back 15 years, and plenty of excellent content to refer to, some of which is more valuable than some books. I came here from Reddit, where a friend recommended this forum to me. I'm very happy to have joined this forum, and I've already received help from several friends in the past few days, and I want to thank the senior members for their comments here.

Actually, I've been very interested in this part of history since I was about 17. Cause I learned Russian during my university years, I'm more familiar with various Soviet medals, but I've always been very interested in the medals and awards of Germany, Belgium, and France, especially during the period from World War I to 1945. Among them, the Third Reich, due to its uniqueness, attracts me even more.

Recently, I was very fortunate to acquire a set of documents, including an original Soldbuch, a GAB and its document, and an EK1 document (unfortunately without an EK1). The protagonist is named "Wilhelm Bohn", who born in 1916 and I preliminarily found out was a soldier from the in the 1st Battery of Artillery Regiment 290 (1./Artillerie-Rgt 290) !!! (thanks to hucks correction) He participated in the last battle of Courland and then surrendered to the Soviets. It's astonishing that he came from the Courland Pocket!!! This big brother received the EK2, EK1, and armelband Courland (What are the awards on September 9, 1944, and May 6, 1945? I can't recognize them), and surely he was an experienced artillery support.

I will continue to update this thread. The main work is that I will conduct historical research on the 290th Infantry Division and its subordinate artillery regiments, and talking about some interesting sites I've discovered.

Sorry my German is practically nonexistent, so if you have time, please check this thread regularly to see new pictures that I post!


The 4 item groupings


Fisrt photo page


Awards page (9-9-44 & 5-6-45, what are they?)


GAB


Two example of A.K. Just as the info said, the existence of the document are more consist of pre printed. Those pictures come from Emilie's book<German Milotary Award Document>, a really nice book.


Basic info of 290th i found on library.

Thanks for looking!

[hucks216]

Nice looking set. He was in the 1st Battery of Artillery Regiment 290 (1./Artillerie-Rgt 290) rather than in the 1st Regiment.
The award on 09-09-1944 is the Black Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz) while the entry for 06-05-1945 relates to shooting results from 100m.

[wtxh7]

Nice looking set. He was in the 1st Battery of Artillery Regiment 290 (1./Artillerie-Rgt 290) rather than in the 1st Regiment.
The award on 09-09-1944 is the Black Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz) while the entry for 06-05-1945 relates to shooting results from 100m.

Great Appreciation! Yeah i found out that he suffered two shrapnel injuries, which is a match in this respect.
Thanks for the correction!
Tim