Wehrpass Hauptmann WW1 WW2 POW guarding Metz France

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Richard Felbel, WW1 Leutnant Infantry, WW2 Hauptmann Army construction, territorial army and POW units.

Wehrpass, 28.7.38. Cover heavily used condition and loose.

Entitled to: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (25.7.1916), Wound Badge in Black (17.10.1918), Hindenburg Cross for WW1 Combatants, War Merit Cross 2nd Class (10.9.41) and Westwall Medal (5.9.40).

Born 1892 in Saarbrücken. Administrative official of the German Railways. He served in WW1 1914-1918 with Infanterie-Regiment 69 and Infanterie-Regiment 460 active at the Western Front (Arras, Somme, Soissons, Reims. He got wounded 17.10.1918 when he was shot in his head. He served in WW2: Feb.40 with Bau-Ersatz-Bataillon 12 in Worms; Feb.40-Jan.42 with Army construction unit Bau-Bataillon 144 active in France, 1940-41 occupation force in the Netherlands, 1941 occupation force Generalgouvernement, 1941-1942 active supporting the 17.Army at the Eastern Front (southern sector); Jan.-Dec.42 again with his replacements unit Bau-Ersatz-Bataillon 12 in Worms; Dec.42-May 44 with Landesschützen-Bataillon 381 based in Metz France for POW guarding duty; May 44-Apr.45 with POW construction and working unit Kriegsgefangenen-Bau-und-Arbeits-Bataillon 36, with french POW’s 1944 active in the Augsburg area. He was officially discharged on 5.4.45 from military service because he was not fit anymore for active service.