Group Feldwebel Infantry WW1 WW2 Verdun Somme EK1 VWA

(D21443)
Anton Krewer, NCO (Unteroffizier) WW1 Infantry / WW2 Sergeant (Oberfeldwebel) Infantry
1) WW1 military pas. Heavily used condition, front of the cover loose.
2) Iron Cross 1st Class, 13.5.24. Attached to the WW1 military pass. Damaged.
3) Wound Badge, 2.9.1918. Attached to the WW1 military pass.
4) Hindenburg Cross for WW1 combatants, 20.11.34. Atached to the WW1 military pass.
5) Wehrpass, 2.3.37.
6) Document from the CO “Major” of Landesschützen-Regiment zbV 2/VI in Warsaw regarding sending the Wehrpass of Krewer, 16.11.39.

7) Mobilization document “Bereitstellungsschein”, 3.8.40.
8) Wehrpass-Notitz F, 26.1.45. Wehrmedeamt Wuppertal.
9) Certificate of Discharge, 31.10.45.

Also entitled to: Iron Cross 2nd Class (21.3.1918).

Bookkeeper born 1896 in Trier living in Barmen-Wuppertal. He served: 1916 with Ersatz-Bataillon Infanterie-Regiment 65 in Köln-Riehl; Mar.-May1916 with Infanterie-Ersatz-Truppe Beverloo in Belgium; Jun.-Oct..1916 with Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 205 active in France (Verdun and Somme); got buried “verschüttet” in Ablaincourt by an artillery impact during the battles at the Somme and was hospitalized; 1917-1919 service with Infanterie-Regiment 24 of the 6.Infanterie-Division; discharged 31.1.1919. Called-up again in 1939 and served: Aug.39-Mar.40 with Landesschützen-Bataillon XIII/VI active in Poalnd; Mar.-Aug.40 with the new formed Infanterie-Regiment 659 “Landesschützen-Regiment Oberost” of the 386.Infanterie-Division based in germany; discharged Aug.40 and not called-up again.