Soldbuch & Wehrpass of a member of the Ukrainian Eastern peoples, with decorations.

Paybook (*Soldbuch*) and Military Service Record (*Wehrpass*) of Fritz Loth, a member of the Ukrainian Eastern Volunteer units (Ostfeldzeug-Bataillon / Ukrainian Ordnance Battalion 550). Both documents record the following awards: Eastern Front Medal, War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, Medal for Eastern Peoples in Silver (without swords), War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords, and Badge for Eastern Peoples 1st Class in Silver with Swords. Included are the actual awarded decorations: War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords (matte silver finish, polished edges, pin with raised maker's mark "4" for Steinhauer & Lück); War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords; Badge for Eastern Peoples 1st Class in Silver with Swords; and the Winter Campaign in the East Medal. Entries cover promotions from *Gefreiter* (Private) to *Feldwebel* (Sergeant), as well as all campaigns and battles participated in from 1939 through the end of 1944. Additional documents (six items, pre- and post-war) are inserted in the *Wehrpass*. The *Soldbuch* contains an information sheet on malaria and dysentery, as well as details of his transfer—listing all stages of the journey—from Götzingen (near Kraków) on January 21, 1945, to his arrival in Berlin on July 9, 1945.

A complete set comprising the *Wehrpass*, *Soldbuch*, and decorations of a Ukrainian Eastern Volunteer legionnaire.