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HEER SOLDBUCH – ARMEE PANZER JÄGER ABTEILUNG 744 – MARDER II + HETZER
Very nice SOldbuch issued to Stabsgefreiter Hans MAIER. He served I 2./ARMEE PANZER JÄGER ABTEILUNG 744. The unit was issued MARDER III (7.5cm) in early 1944 and was converted to JAGDPANZER 38 HETZERS in March 1945. Has super photo of the man wearing Feldgrau StuG tunic. Awards entered include EK2, Black Wound badge and General Assault Badge.
The Abteilung was formed on October 15, 1943, within the 2nd Army, Army Group Center, from the staff of Panzerjäger-Abteilung 137 and the companies 2./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 137, 2./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 292, and 2./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 251, forming three companies. It was an army unit with the 2nd Army in Central Russia and was stationed on the Vistula River bend with the 4th Panzer Army in 1944/45. It last fought in Upper Silesia.
