Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Soldbuch ID & Payment Book of Eastern Front Veteran MaschinistMaat Kurt Wacek with Translated Summary Antique Smith & Wessons This indicates manufacture by the

This indicates manufacture by the famous firm of P

On 7 August 1943

Gott mit uns ('God with us') is a phrase commonly used in heraldry in Prussia (from 1701) and later by the German military during the periods spanning the German Empire (1871 to 1918)

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even though this was not the official German designation

Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Soldbuch ID & Payment Book of Eastern Front Veteran MaschinistMaat Kurt Wacek with Translated Summary Antique Smith & Wessons This indicates manufacture by theOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic genuine well used WWII German Kriegsmarine Soldbuch, issued to Maschinist Kurt Wacek, who by the end of his service would be promoted through the enlisted ranks to MaschinistMaat (Machinist's Mate), equivalent to a U. S. Navy Petty officer, third class with a machinist specialty. He saw service on the Eastern Front during WWII, first on sea, but then later was recalled for land service as German forces