RARE WW2, IDENTIFIED U.S. P.O.W. GROUPING FOR TWO GI\'S WITH HISTORY, STALAG IVF
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RARE WW2, IDENTIFIED U.S. P.O.W. GROUPING FOR TWO GI\'S WITH HISTORY, STALAG IVF :
$295.00
RARE AND ORIGINAL WW2 DOUBLE IDENTIFIED U.S. GI\'S P.O.W. GROUPING, INCLUDING STALAG IV-F STAMPED BOOK AND DOCUMENTED HISTORY. THIS GROUPING INCLUDES ITEMS FROM TWO U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS ELMER A. PARTYKA AND AUGUST WILLIAM \"GUS\" BENNER, SR WHO SERVED IN THE 36th INFANTRY DIVISION COMPANY B. 142 INFANTRY AND WERE CAPTURED BY THE GERMAN ARMY ON JANUARY 9th 1945 IN A FORWARD FIGHTING POSITION NEAR LIMBERG, FRANCE. EACH SOLIDER WAS CAPTURED AND LOST CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND WERE IMPRISONED IN GERMANY AT DIFFERENT STALAGS (MILITARY PRISON CAMPS). THE GROUPING INCLUDES ITEMS RECEIVED FROM THE HOME AND ESTATE OF ELMER A. PARTYKA LOCATED IN AMHERST, NEW YORK (SUBURB OF BUFFALO, NY) WHO WAS CAPTURED AND IMPRISONED IN STALAG IVF (A WW2 GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP LOCATED IN HARTMANNSDORF bei CHEMNITZ, SAXONY, GERMANY). OF NOTE: AUGUST W. BENNER WAS IMPRISONED BY THE GERMANS AT STALAG 9B NEAR BAD ORB, GERMANY.FROM ELMER A. PARTYKA\'S ESTATE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE INCLUDED:* WW2 POW BOOK, 127 PAGES. \"A.B.C. OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, A CONVERSATION MANUAL FOR THE USE IN WAR PRISON CAMPS\" WITH GERMAN \"STALAG IVF\" STAMP TO FRONT COVER. THIS BOOK WAS ISSUED TO PARTYKA BY THE GERMAN OFFICIALS AT THE CAMP. THIS BOOK SHOWS AVERAGE AGE AND WEAR, AND IS A SUPER RARE FIND AS NOT MANY OF THESE BOOKS MADE IT BACK TO THE STATES AFTER THE WAR. WHEN FOUND THIS BOOK ALONE SELLS FOR $300.00 TO $400.00 DOLLARS.* WW2 GERMAN ARMY ISSUED \"ENGLISH TO GERMAN\" PAPER BOOKLET THAT WAS RECEIVED BY PARTYKA AT THE POW CAMP.* WW2 GERMAN CATHOLIC CROSS WITH SKULL AND CROSS BONES TO BOTTOM WITH NECKLACE, REPORTEDLY GIVEN TO AND WORN BY PARTYKA WHILE IN THE GERMAN POW CAMP.* WW2 U.S. ARMY WOOL VISOR CAP WITH BADGE THAT WAS REPORTEDLY WORN BY PARTYKA IN THE POW CAMP WITH GERMAN REPLACEMENT SIDE BUTTONS FOR LEATHER CHINSTRAP. CAP IS IN GOOD CONDITION, SHOWING AVERAGE AGE AND WEAR AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WELL BROKEN IN.* SMALL GOLD COLORED METAL PLATE NAMED TO ELMER A. PARTYKA FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH MOOG, INC. (BUFFALO NY LOCATED DEFENSE CONTRACTOR) APRIL 2, 1981 DATED. ** ALSO INCLUDED IS A POSTCARD THAT WAS MAILED TO ELMER A. PARTYKA ON FEB. 5, 1946 BY AUGUST W. BENNER. ON ONE SIDE OF THE POSTCARD, BENNER WRITES \"DEAR PARTYKA FORT SCOTT, KANASS FEB. 4, 1946,
WE WERE TOGETHER UNTIL WE WERE CAPTURED IN FRANCE ON JAN. 9TH. I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED HOW IN THE HECK YOU GOT AWAY FROM THE KRAUTS. PLEASE WRITE ME, LET ME KNOW HOW YOU DID IT. REGARDS, AUGUST W. BENNER 13 N HOLBROOK ST. FORT SCOTT, KAN.\" (OF NOTE: REPORTEDLY IT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BENNER THAT PARTYKA WAS CAPTURED UNTIL AFTER PARTYKA RESPONDED TO BENNER\'S POSTCARD IN 1946 AS THEY WERE SEPARATED IN BATTLE.)OF FURTHER NOTE, IN 1983 AUGUST BENNER WROTE A 12 PAGE HISTORY OF THE EVENTS THAT LED TO HIS AND HIS FELLOW SOLDIER\'S CAPTURE BY THE GERMANS, INCLUDING PARTYKA IN FRANCE IN 1945. A PHOTO COPY OF THAT HISTORY IS INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING AND INCLUDES A PHOTOCOPY OF BENNER\'S NEWSPAPER DEATH NOTICE, AND A FEW PHOTOCOPIED PHOTOS OF PARTYKA IN THE ARMY DURING WW2 AND AFTER.
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RARE WW2, IDENTIFIED U.S. P.O.W. GROUPING FOR TWO GI\'S WITH HISTORY, STALAG IVF :
$295.00