EK1 grouping Oberleutnant IR82 31.ID KIA 1941 Russia SA RAD

(D23480)
Helmut Fascher, SA member, professional RAD Unterfeldmeister, Oberleutnant Infantry.
1) Wehrpass, 22.7.42. With RAD uniform pass photo. Duplicate issue for sending to his father.
2) Iron Cross 1st Class, 26.11.41. Signed by the CO of the 31.Infanterie-Division, Generalmajor Gerhard Berthold (Kn.Cr.4.12.41, KIA 14.4.42 near Juchnow).
3) Wound Badge in Silver, 6.12.41. Signed by the CO of Army Hospital Warsaw.
4) Accompanying letter for sending the Wehrpass to his father, 21.12.42.
5) Letter from his unit regarding the award of the iron Cross 1st class, 26.11.41. Send to his replacements unit in Göttingen.
6) Letter from the commander of Army District Göttingen Oberst Zielke regarding his posthumous promotion to Oberleutnant.
7) Grundschein Deutsche Lebensrettungs Gesellschaft, identity card German life savings organition, 28.9.37. With RAD uniform pass photo.
8) Accompanying letter from the Nation Sports Office for sending the Sports Badge to Helmut, 20.11.36.
9) Award document (identity card) for the SA Sports Badge, 3.3.36. With RAD uniform pass photo.
Entitled to: SA Sports Badge in Bronze (3.3.36), National Sports Badge in Bronze, RAD long service medal 4th grade (27.5.41), Wound Badge in Black (11.6.40), Iron Cross 2nd Class (16.6.40), Iron Cross 1st Class (26.11.41) and Wound Badge in Silver (6.12.41).

Born 1916. He served Apr.34-Oct.37 with the RAD unit 2/186/19 and was discharged on 31.10.37 in the rank of Truppführer. After his RAD service he served Nov.37-Dec.41 with Infanterie-Regiment 82.(home based in Göttingen) of the 31.Infanterie-Division. Sep.39 active in Poland (battle for Warsaw), May 40 active in Holland (Maastricht, Roermond), Belgium (Albert Channel, Hasselt, Gette, Dyle, Senette, Dendre, Flandern, Schelde) and France (Lille, Somme, Loire, Normandy). Till Sep.40 occupations force France (Channel Coast). He got wounded (shrapnel right arm) for the first time on 26.5.40 in Flandern. 1941 he was active in middle Russia (Bialystok, Minsk, Smolensk, Wjasma, Brjansk) where he was severely injured on 4.10.41. He died due to his wounds on 28.12.41 in the Army Hospital in Warsaw (Poland). He was posthumous promoted to Oberleutnant of the Army and Unterfeldmeister of the RAD. According information of the German War Casualties organisation he is nowadays still buried in Poland (war cemetery Joachimow-Mogily).