Germany, Heer. A Wehrpaß to Josef Altschäffl, Decorated Eastern Front Combatant Released for Head Wounds Republic of the obverse with a central the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with gold letters reading “MERENTI” (Latin Merit) bearing a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “KH24” for Friedrich Linden 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 compartments featuring additional documentation that Altschäffl received severe head wounds in combat which resulted in him being discharged from active service on 27 October 1944