The Colonel Farnes Collection

A German Second World War Brandenburg Division Soldbuch Grouping.

Two documents for a soldier in the Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland, comprising:
* A late war 1945 issued soldbuch to Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland, young soldier Gunther Rettig age 17, excellent photograph to the inside of the front page of the soldbuch of Rettig wearing the black Panzer wrap over jacket with skull collar patches, hatless. Page 4 shows him being a member of Panzer Grenadier Division Brandenburg previously as a member of Panzertruppen Grossdeutschland. Soldbuch issued on the 17 February 1945. Some details on pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 8b, 9, one entry on page 18, due to the late issue nature of the soldbuch not a lot more detail in the book
* The recipient’s RAD labour service certificate. He would have been involved in the desperate fighting on home soil possibly close to the city of Dresden, good condition (2) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Colonel Farnes Collection.

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