Description
WEHRPASS – ALFONS STETTER – 1. GEBIRGS-DIVISION – POLAND CAMPAIGN – HINDENBURG CROSS URKUNDE
Complete and well-filled Wehrpass issued to Alfons Stetter, born 19 October 1899 in Kempten (Schwaben), a Bäckermeister (master baker) from Memmingen.
Includes portrait photo, signatures, and numerous official stamps.
WWI SERVICE:
- 3. Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment / Reserve-Ersatz-Batterie
- Jäger-Bataillon
- Württembergisches Ersatz-Bataillon
- Gebirgs-Fahr-Kolonne / Gebirgs-Kompanie 73
Service includes assignment to Gebirgstruppe support elements, specifically a mountain transport column attached to alpine units.
WWII SERVICE:
- Fahrer-Ersatz-Abteilung 7, Landshut
- Landesschützen-Bataillon 530, 4. Kompanie
- Later transferred to Landwehr II (18.2.1941)
Entered service: 26 August 1939
Rank: Gefreiter (15.9.1940)
Discharged: 11 December 1939
CAMPAIGNS & OPERATIONS:
- Poland Campaign (September 1939)
Entry records border crossing and advance in conjunction with 1. Gebirgs-Division
UNIT / DIVISION CONTEXT:
Its recorded cooperation with the 1. Gebirgs-Division places Stetter in the operational zone of an elite mountain formation advancing through southern Poland. While not a frontline combat unit, his battalion supported the division by holding and securing captured areas during the campaign.Landesschützen-Bataillon 530 was a rear-area security unit composed largely of older reservists and WWI veterans. Duties included guarding supply lines, securing infrastructure, and controlling occupied territory.
OTHER DETAILS:
- Trained with Gewehr 98
- Classified g.v.H. (fit for home garrison duty)
- Later noted bedingt k.v. (limited fitness)
AWARDS:
- Ehrenkreuz für Kriegsteilnehmer (Hindenburg Cross)
DOCUMENT GROUP INCLUDES:
- Wehrpass with extensive entries
- Portrait photo and signatures
- Multiple unit and administrative stamps
- Original Kriegsbeorderung (mobilization order) to report in Memmingen
- Original Urkunde (award certificate) for the Hindenburg Cross
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