Description
SOLDBUCH – ENGELBERT SICK – (SF.) PANZER-ARTILLERIE-REGIMENT 27 – 17. PANZER-DIVISION – EASTERN FRONT – WESPE / HUMMEL
DETAILS:
Soldbuch with fantastic photo in Feldgrau StuG tunic issued to Engelbert Sick, born 31 August 1912 in Altstadt. Catholic; occupation Maurer (bricklayer). Early entries show induction through Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 217 with subsequent assignment to Infanterie-Regiment 217.
Later transferred into artillery service and assigned to Stab (Sf.) Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27, part of the 17. Panzer-Division. The “(Sf.)” designation (Selbstfahrlafette) indicates service within the regiment’s self-propelled artillery component, which from 1943 onward was equipped with Wespe (10.5 cm) and Hummel (15 cm) self-propelled guns.
Service reflects transition from infantry into mechanized artillery within a Panzer division structure, consistent with mid-war reorganization and increasing reliance on mobile armored artillery on the Eastern Front.
Soldbuch contains extensive field use entries including equipment issue pages, pay records, and multiple unit stamps. Medical records show hospitalizations in 1944, including treatment at Reserve-Lazarett Marienbad, with documented recovery and return to duty.
AWARDS:
Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound Badge in Black) – awarded 18 September 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern (War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords) – awarded 13 October 1944
Führergeschenk(e) entry – recorded 20 April 1942 (with accounting/receipt stamp)
PROMOTIONS:
Obergefreiter – 1 October 1943
MEDICAL:
Shell splinter wound
Vaccinations recorded (including typhus, cholera, and smallpox)
Hospitalizations recorded August 1944 and November 1944
Documented convalescence periods and return to duty
UNITS:
Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 217
Infanterie-Regiment 217
Stab (Sf.) Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27 (17. Panzer-Division)
Lehr- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung (SfL) 500 (Jüterbog)
STATUS:
Active service documented through late 1944
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