Extensive grouping to Major d. Res and commander of II./Infanterie-Regiment 55 Karl Heiland. The grouping was never available on the market before and came of a household clearance lately.
Heiland, born on 24.2.1916, served as an SS-Unterscharführer with SS-Sturmbann I/73 before the war. He was a law student serving as a NS-Studentenbund leader at the same time. Heiland has started his military service time on 1.10.1934 with Infanterie-Regiment 21 and was discharged on 12.10.1935 finishing his service time. He was called back for service on 26.8.1939 and served in the Poland Campaign and the France Campaign. In 1940, he was ordered to II./Infanterie-Regiment 55 as a young Kompanie leader and sent to Russia in summer 1941. He stayed with this regiment which was part of 17. Infanterie-Regiment until he was reported missing in action on 30.9.1943. Heiland served as commander of II./Inf.Rgt.55 in Russia at this time with only 27 years of age.
Major Karl Heiland was posthumously awarded the Knight’s Cross on 27.10.1943.
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Personal photo album No. 5
This album starts on 3.6.1938 document his time with NS-Studentenbund. Heiland has finished his military service time by that time. He was called for service again on 26.8.1939.
There are great pictures taken during the "1.Großdeutscher Stundententag" at Heidelberg in June 1938. Heiland shortly after was trained at "NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang". There are rare photos included followed by pictures taken at the Studententag at Würzburg.
The very last pages show Heiland during a military training in Juli/August 1939 with III./I.R.21.
