Group Gefreiter Reichsbahn IR72 46.ID Krim Russia 1942

(D21865)
Johann Schmidt, Lance Corporal (Gefreiter) Army Infantry and National Railways inspector

1) War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, 1.12.42. Signed by the CO of the 46.Infanterie-Division, Generalmajor Ernst Haccius (KIA 11.2.43 Vassiliev Caucasus, awarded posthumously with the Knights Cross on 2.4.43).
2) Wound Badge in Black, 24.4.42. Signed by the CO of Infanterie-Regiment 72, Oberstleutnant Erwin Kaiser (GCiG 1.3.42).
3) Third Reich canvass ID card, 6.4.40. With pass photo.
4) Promotion/installment certificate German National Railways, 1.3.43. Promotoed to Reichsbahn-Inspektor-Anwärter, upcoming railway inspector. Signed by someone of the Reichsbahndirektion Regensburg. Large impressive certificate, folded DIN A3.
5) 6 photos several sizes. Several inscribed at the back including an army uniform photo dated 1945 of him wearing the EK2 ribbon.

Born 1922 in Frauenricht-Weiden. He served 1942 with 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 72 of the 46.Infanterie-Division active in Southern Russsia (Krim, Caucasus). He got wounded on 4.1.42 when active on the Krim. He was 1943 also a German National Railways employee (Reichsbahn-Inspektor-Anwärter, upcoming railways inspector) but was most probably still active with the Army till the end of the war.