1./Pio.Btl.256 ASA Award Document

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Nice Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen award document awarded to Obergefreiten Johann Vilsmeier.

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The overall condition of the document is very good. The Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen was awarded on the 31. of March 1944 to Johann who served in the 1.Kompanie Pionier Bataillon 256. This bataillon fell under the command of 256.Infanterie-Division. It started the war in Belgium and after that in France (Bretagne). Here it stayed till March 1941 before it moved to Poland. In June 1941 the division participated in operation Barbarossa in the Bialystok area. The rest of the war it fought in Newel, Rshew, Smolensk and Witebsk during the Russian Summer Offensive of 1944. In Juli the division and its units where disbanned and the 1 company of Pionier Bataillon 256 was used to form Pionier Bataillon 195. The unit became part of the Korps-Abteilung H and fought in Litauen/Kurland.

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