![]() On November 1, he received his first promotion to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal). Schäfer’s unit took part in the attack on France, fighting between the rivers Moselle and Rhine, and in the Saar area in late 1939. Schäfer was supposed to be used as a Berittführer, responsible for the packhorses of a unit, however it is unknown if he actually served as such. This regiment was supposed to be part of the second attacking wave. In preparation for the war, Schäfer was placed in the 2nd Company of the newly formed Infantry Regiment 163 in August 1939. He married his wife Anna in February of 1939. ![]() In October 1937, Schäfer joined the Reserve Battalion of Infantry Regiment 71 in Gotha (eastern Germany), and in January 1938, he was officially drafted and deployed to the 17th (Replacement Machine Gun) Company of Infantry Regiment 71. He was first mustered in August of 1936 and placed in reserve status. However, prior to the war Schäfer was employed as an agricultural worker. The son of a train driver, he learned to be a brick layer himself. Konrad Friedrich Schäfer was born on Jin Kleinensee near Hersfeld. The original Wehrpaß was issued in Hersfeld (central Germany) on July 13, 1938, while the second copy is dated to July 19, 1943. It is a Zweitschrift (second copy), because the original was destroyed by the enemy. A Wehrpaß to Obergefreiter Konrad Schäfer Leningrad KIAĪ Wehrpaß, measuring 105x148mm, near mint condition with minor creasing and scuffing of the cover.
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