Soldbuchs 5

 
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Bewahrungs Batl 500 Lofy BB500

Army Soldbuch and ID’s and Documents for Reinhold Lofy, born 8 April 1922, Graach, Mosel. This Soldbuch was started 8 February 1945, 3 Infantry Ausb. Batl. 500 Brunn-Mahren.  The cover both outside and inside was marked Bewahrungs Batl 500.  This was a penal unit.  Formerly a Leutnant, he was reduced in rank to Schutzen.  His photo is also as a private.

Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Bewahrungs Batl 500 Lofy BB500
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Bewahrungs Batl 500 Penal Unit

The only unit listed is 3 Infantry Ausb. Batl. 500 Brunn-Mahren.


His mother was his next of kin.

Ww2 German Army Soldbuch StrafBatl BB500

The Soldbuch was checked 8 February 1945.


He received the pay for the rank of Schutzen

Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Lofy BB500
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Bewahrungs Batl 500
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Bewahrungs Batl 500 Lofy
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Reichssportabz Bronze
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Leutnant Iron Cross 2nd Class
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Bewahrungs Batl 500 Tarnow Prison
Ww2 German Army Soldbuch Germersheim Military Prison Resistance

Two page booklet for the Reichssportabzeichen.  He was awarded the  Reichssportabzeichen in Bronze, Posen, April 1943.  The uniform photo is as an Unteroffizier.

The Ausweis is for Officer Candidate School Posen.  He was with Grenadier Regiment 172 at the time, 13 January 1943.

3 December 1943, he was a Leutnant with 6 Grenadier Regiment 917.  This document is his formal request to serve at the Eastern Front with Grenadier Regiment 105 of Infantry Division 72.

28 March 1944, he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class.  He was a Leutnant with 6 Grenadier Regiment 105.

The document is signed by Generalleutnant Gustav Harteneck, as Commander of 72 Infantry Division.  A German Cross holder at the time, Harteneck was awarded the Knight’s Cross, 21 September 1944.

Routing slip from the military prison at Tarnow, dated 19 July 1944.

Soap ration card from the military prison at Germersheim, dated 3 August 1944.  He received his soap ration from August 1944 until January 1945.