Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß to Josef Altschäffl, Decorated Eastern Front Combatant Released for Head Wounds United Republic of loop maker marked “122” (JJ

loop maker marked “122” (JJ

representative of the 4th Canadian Machine Gun Battalion

two Order of Military Merit Ribbons

maker marked "TIFFANY & Co" on the reverse of the hanger

the obverse centre presents the crowned monogram JR for Johannus Rex

Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß to Josef Altschäffl, Decorated Eastern Front Combatant Released for Head Wounds United Republic of loop maker marked “122” (JJ(Wehrpa). A fascinating Wehrpa, constructed of a card stock binding with 52 paginated interior pages filled with stamped and handwritten entries, named to JOSEF ALTSCHFFL, who was born on 20 January 1922 in Austria to parents Johann and Franziska and entered Wehrmacht service in 1942 with a number of Heer infantry and machine gun units as part of Army Group South on the Eastern Front, with entries indicating that he received the Black Grade Wound