Luftwaffe Wehrpaß 'Nachtjagd-Eisenbahnzüge'. When individuals received their registration notice they were to report to the appropriate recruitment center where they would be issued a 'Wehrpaß', until they were inducted into active duty. From the autumn of 1939, when an individual was inducted into active military service the Wehrpaß was exchanged at the recruitment office for the 'Soldbuch' (Pay Book), which remained in the recipients possession as his official military identification document. The recruitment office would retain the Wehrpass and chronicle the individuals active service record in it. The pass is complete with portrait-photo, named to 'Albert Kipp' who was a member within the '12./Ln-Flugmelde Abteilung (E) z.b.V. 21'. This unit served as a railway radar station unit which supported the night fighter units. According to his pass he was deployed from 28 September 1944 to 6 February 1945 as a 'Nachrichtensoldat' within the operational area of the Luftflotte 1 and 6. From 7 February 1945 his unit was tasked with the support of the units active in the 'Reichsverteidigung' and defense in the East (Abwehr im Osten). Unfortunately only a few entries have been made in this late war Wehrpaß, nevertheless a very rare and interesting unit. The pass comes together with various fieldpost letters and cards as found together in a house cleaning in Germany recently. Interesting original example!

More information about this unit can be found here: gyges.dk