Group NCO Strassenbau-Pionier-Bataillon 676 France Russia

(D21948)
Willy (Willi) Techen, NCO (Unteroffizier) Army road construction Pioneers

1) Wehrpass, 6.5.39.
2) War Merit Cross 2nd Class, 20.4.44. Issued by the 8.Armee.
3) Winter war medal, 1.10.42.Signed by the CO of Strassenbau-Pionier-Bataillon 676, Major.
4) Appr. 17 military photo. Some inscribed at the back with his name, motor cycle, car, destroyed bridge, POW camp Le Mans France etc.

Tailor born 1907 in Rostock. He served: Jan.-Mar.40 with Bau-Ersatz-Bataillon 2 in Stettin; from Mar.40 onwards (last entries in the pass 1944) with Strassenbau-Pionier-Bataillon 676, 1940 active in France (Ardennes, Sedan, Oise, Abbeville, Flandern, Artois, Somme, Amiens, Peronne, Aisne, Oise, Paris, Marne, SeineIndre, Orleans, Loire, occupation force demarcatian line and chanel coast), from 1941 onwards at the Eastern Front, 1941/42 under 2.Armee in Middle Russia, 1944 under 8.Armee in Southern Russia, Ukraine.