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

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known as 'Leith Hall' was given to The National Trust for the use of the Nation

which is almost like light oil cloth

On 7 August 1943

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