Pay Book???

[DHol]

This was from a great uncle who was in the 99th Infantry, otherwise known as the Battle Babies. I believe he took this off a dead German during the Battle of the Bulge near Elsenborn Ridge.

Any idea what this would be worth? How can I find out more about the previous owner? My great uncle past away in 1970; his son knows nothing regarding these items.

Dale

[DHol]

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[Stewy S]

Hi Dale,i've moved your thread to the paperwork section. You'll get more responses here. Welcome to the forum too. Stewy S

[DHol]

Thanks for the welcome.......

[Dimas]

I'am wondered about the Stabsgefreiter Rank in 1943 year...

[DHol]

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[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Dale, welcome to the forum!

It looks like a very nice Soldbuch.

Sadly German records are closed to non family members.

Hi Dimas, the rank was used until late 1942/early 1943. Given the rest of the book looks OK, I don't have any concerns.

Cheers, Ade.

[hucks216]

That is a not often seen photo in a soldbuch, a soldier wearing the 'swallows nests' on his shoulders denoting a member of the regimental/battalion band.
Can you make out his name? It looks like Martin Mayb....
A quick check on Volksbund resulted in just one entry for a soldier with that combination - a Martin Maybauer KIA in Russia in 1943, so it isn't him but as we know, the Volksbund database is far from complete.

[OKW]

From the swallow nests was he a bandsman. I believe military bands were kept going until late 1944 even in the face of a chronic manpower shortage, then disbanded and used as cannon fodder, rather like the Luftwaffe ground crew.

[Adrian Stevenson]

The chances are this is an older photo taken earlier in the war. The addition of photos to the Soldbuch did not come about until 1943.

Cheers, Ade.