Wehrpass Gefreiter IR463 263.Infanterie-Division Russia VWA Silver

(D22408)

Karl-Heinz Rudolfi, Lance Corporal (Gefreiter) Army Infantry

• Wehrpass, 6.6.39.
• Postcard size photo. In front of the Hermannsdenkmal near Detmold.

Entitled to: Wound Badge in Silver (5.11.41, first black entered and later changed to silver)

Wood worker born 1920 in Essen-Rüttenscheid living with his foster parents in the Eifel. RAD service Jun.-Sep.40 working at the Westwall. He served: Dec.40-Apr.41 with Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 463 in Idar-Oberstein; Apr.-Jun.41 with 9./Infanterie-Regiment 463 of the 263.Infanterie-Division, occupation force in France (Bordeaux) and Jun.41 active in Middle Russia (Brest, Bialystok, Brjansk); wounded by shrapnell in his right upper arm on 23.6.41 in Brjansk area; hospitalized and probably lost his right arm because the entered wound badge was first black and later changed to silver; till Mar.42 attached to Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 463 in Idar-Oberstein and discharged from military service May 1942.