FOR SALE: the excellent and rare Unteroffizier Felix Schäfer grouping, consisting of his soldbuch, two military award documents, two marksmanship booklets, his driver’s license and a discharge paper.   Soldbuch: Unteroffizier Felix Schäfer carried this paybook for the entire war, well over 5 years! It was issued to him in August 1939 and the latest entry for a 10-day leave is dated January 1945. Schäfer served with Infanterie Regiment 45 during the French campaign, where he was wounded in June 1940. He was subsequently transferred into a tank training/replacement unit (Panzer A.u.E. Abteilung 11) and then into a full-fledged tank unit, namely Panzer-Abteilung (Fkl) 301, where he saw action on both the Eastern (Kursk) and Western (Bulge) fronts. Schäfer served in the unit’s Werkstattzug (repair & maintenance section) and eventually became a Vorhandwerker (foreman or lead mechanic). He must have possessed superlative mechanical and technical skills!   Panzer-Abteilung (Funklenk) 301 was a highly specialized unit equipped with unmanned, radio-controlled demolition vehicles (Borgward IV) which were used to destroy enemy fortifications, minefields and bunkers! Initially formed in 1943 as an independent remote-control assault gun unit, it was re-organized and re-equipped as a heavy tank battalion in late 1944. The unit received approximately 30 rebuilt Tiger I tanks (since regular production of the Tiger I had already stopped). The Tigers served as command and control vehicles (Befehlstiger) and provided direct heavy fire support for the remote-control detachments.   The soldbuch features a really nice picture of Schäfer in black panzer wrapper, with collar tabs skulls and silver NCO shoulder-board tresse clearly visible. Breast eagle partially visible at lower left. Schäfer personalized the back cover of his soldbuch with the addition of a small photograph featuring him and his wife, as well as information about his and his mother’s home addresses, plus details of his bank account, savings, pistol serial number, etc.   Urkunden: one for the War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords and one for the Black Wound Badge. Worthy of note is the fact that the award document for the WMC2 features an original ink signature by SS-Gruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich! Interestingly, the award document for the BWB is dated July 1944 but “retroactive” to June 1940 during the French campaign!   Schiessbucher: two marksmanship booklets, which record the target-hitting results of multiple live-fire exercises, one for the rifle and one for the light machine gun. Both of the booklets date to the 1937/1938 period when Schäfer was still training with his original unit (5. Kompanie, Inf. Regiment Nr. 45).   Führerschein: standard-issue gray oilcloth driving license, with specific reference to the military directive justifying the absence of a photograph and with a specific notation that the license is only valid in conjunction with the soldbuch!   Entlassungschein: dual language (English/German) certificate of discharge with both personal and medical particulars, confirming Schäfer’s official release from Heer/army service in December 1945.   $1200 includes tracked domestic postage via USPS Priority Mail. International shipments @ actual cost. I assume PayPal payment (no extra charge from my side) but I also accept cash, personal checks, postal money-orders and Western Union. Pick your poison!        

Better pics of some of the stuff.   Rich A. in Pa.

Nice.  Rich A. in Pa.

Nice.  Rich A. in Pa.

Nice.  Rich A. in Pa.

Great!  Rich A. in Pa.

Very nice! 

From my personal collection.

Here’s mine     unmarked blade

Part of my larger WW2 collection. Does anyone know where the hell I can find the entrenching tool leather frog? 

Part of my collection here in New Zealand. I’ve tried VERY hard to only purchase gear made during WW2. I have a new DP28 on the way. And maybe, a Maxim gun.

I got one minty 1928 out of Russia to New Zealand via a UK dealer about 12 years ago. And a Dap28(M). The Brit could import them into the UK provided the didn’t remain in the country other than to then re ship. It was probably a bit ‘dodgy’, but we got many minty firearms (fully functional) into NZ this way.