Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß to Josef Altschäffl, Decorated Eastern Front Combatant Released for Head Wounds Auction a few are blackened

a few are blackened

dated 24 January 1945

An Italian-Ethiopian Co-Operation Medal - Silvered bronze

The document states which decorations he received: Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class

and the Count of Castile used "Gules a bend Or" as his coat-of-arms

Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß to Josef Altschäffl, Decorated Eastern Front Combatant Released for Head Wounds Auction a few are blackened(Wehrpa). A fascinating Wehrpa, constructed of a card stock binding with 52 paginated interior pages filled with stamped and handwritten entries, named to JOSEF ALTSCHFFL, who was born on 20 January 1922 in Austria to parents Johann and Franziska and entered Wehrmacht service in 1942 with a number of Heer infantry and machine gun units as part of Army Group South on the Eastern Front, with entries indicating that he received the Black Grade Wound