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SOLDBUCH – 29. INFANTERIE-DIVISION “FALKE” – (sIG Sf.) – STALINGRAD
Heer SOLDBUCH issued to Oberfeldwebel Franz DIEBELIUS. Soldbuch was issued August 23, 1939 when he was assigned to Inf. Rgt. 71 (mot.) which was part of 29. Infanterie-Division “FALKE” which was later destroyed at STALINGRAD. Awards entered include Long Service Medal, KVK2, Sudetenland Campaign medal, Ostmedaille. He was also issued an MP 40. Hospitalizations pages (11-14)appear missing but we can deduce from his clothing issue pages that he was hospitalized in 1942 which led to him missing the catastrophe of the division at STALINGRAD and stayed with the unit after its reforming in 1943. Interesting he served in the redesigned Panzer Grenadier Regiment 71 in the 13. Kompanie – (s.I.G. S.f.) – heavy self motorized anti personnel artillery. Selbstfahrlafette means self-propelled. This could represent several types of tracked vehicles like the Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B (sIG 33B) of possibly StuG III’s.
