Germany, Heer. A Soldbuch To Obergefreiten Herbert Gronow, 100Th Jäger Division

Dated 30 September 1944, measuring 104 mm (w) x 145 mm (h), with 24 pages of records, including a black-and-white photograph of the bearer, age-appropriate creasing and material fatigue is evident, otherwise in better than very fine condition.

Footnote: Herbert Gronow was born on 23 June 1921 in Neu Schlagsdorf, Germany. Gronow served with Jäger-Regiment 227, assigned to 100. Jäger-Division. He was a recipient of numerous awards, including the Iron Cross II Class, the Wound Badge in Silver (awarded 20 January 1944), and the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (awarded 27 January 1944). There is an additional fourth award that has been erased from Gronow’s Soldbuch, and the black-and-white photograph seems to have had a decoration etched out of the image. Gronow suffered numerous injuries during combat, including multiple shrapnel wounds between September 1942 and September 1944, which required treatments at field hospitals. He was also hospitalized for frostbite to both feet between 7 January and 20 February 1942, likely on the Eastern Front. At the time the Soldbuch was issued, Gronow’s division was engaged in anti-partisan combat in the Balkans, before being transferred to Silesia, finishing the war in action against Soviet forces.