Carnet du parachutiste Heinz Paulisch, exemplaire fortement endommage, avec photographie d’identite presente mais tres deterioree. Numero Feldpost 63022, correspondant au Stab FallschirmPionierBataillon 5. Le carnet contient quelques photographies ainsi que des billets de banque. Le parachutiste Heinz Paulisch est decede le 25 decembre 1944 a Dahl et repose au cimetiere de Sandweiler, Luxembourg, Bloc J, Rangee 11, Tombe 251. Un des document est signe par Mertins, l un des parachutistes qui a delivre Mussolini. L’ensemble presente une usure marquee ainsi qu’une patine d’epoque. Etat II+. Le FallschirmPionierBataillon 5 etait une unite du genie parachutiste de la Luftwaffe, integree a la 5e division de parachutistes (5. FallschirmjagerDivision), commandee par le Generalmajor Ludwig Heilmann. Cette division a ete engagee sur le front sud de la bataille des Ardennes (16 decembre 1944 – janvier 1945), principalement au Luxembourg et dans la region de Bastogne. Le bataillon a joue un role crucial des le debut de l offensive. Le 16 decembre 1944, apres une preparation d artillerie, il a construit des ponts sur la riviere Our pres de Vianden et Roth an der Our, permettant aux regiments de parachutistes 13 et 15 de traverser avec succes. La 4e compagnie, sous le commandement du Leutnant Hans Prigge, a pris la ville de Vianden dans la matinee du 16 decembre. Prigge a ensuite ete tue pres de Livarchamps, en Belgique. Le 19 decembre, la 1re compagnie, dirigee par le Leutnant Walter Sander, a attaque et neutralise le 687e bataillon d artillerie de campagne americain a Wiltz. La 5e division de parachutistes a ete la seule unite allemande a atteindre son objectif initial, etablir une ligne defensive au sud de Bastogne. Cependant, a la fin decembre 1944, la 3e armee americaine, sous le commandement du general Patton, a perce les lignes de la division. En janvier 1945, la division s est repliee a travers le Luxembourg, atteignant le village de Dasburg, cote allemand, a la fin du mois. Le FallschirmPionierBataillon 5 etait commande par le Major Gerhard Mertins, un veteran decore de la Croix de chevalier de la Croix de fer. Il avait precedemment participe a l operation de liberation de Mussolini en 1943 et avait survecu a l encerclement de Falaise en aout 1944. Notebook of paratrooper Heinz Paulisch, heavily damaged copy with a deteriorated ID photo still present. Feldpost number 63022 corresponds to Stab FallschirmPionierBataillon 5. The notebook includes a few photographs and banknotes. Heinz Paulisch died on December 25, 1944, in Dahl and is buried at Sandweiler Cemetery in Luxembourg, Block J, Row 11, Grave 251. One document is signed by Mertins, one of the paratroopers involved in Mussolini’s rescue. The notebook shows heavy wear and period patina. Condition II+. FallschirmPionierBataillon 5 was a Luftwaffe airborne engineer unit within the 5th Parachute Division (5. FallschirmjagerDivision), commanded by Generalmajor Ludwig Heilmann. This division fought on the southern front of the Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944 – January 1945), mainly in Luxembourg and around Bastogne. The battalion played a key role at the start of the offensive. On December 16, 1944, after an artillery barrage, it built bridges across the Our River near Vianden and Roth an der Our, allowing the 13th and 15th Parachute Regiments to cross. The 4th Company, under Leutnant Hans Prigge, captured Vianden on the morning of the 16th. Prigge was later killed near Livarchamps, Belgium. On December 19, the 1st Company, led by Leutnant Walter Sander, attacked and neutralized the 687th US Field Artillery Battalion in Wiltz. The 5th Parachute Division was the only German unit to reach its initial objective—establishing a defensive line south of Bastogne. By late December 1944, however, General Patton’s 3rd Army broke through the division’s lines. In January 1945, the division retreated through Luxembourg, reaching Dasburg on the German side by month’s end. FallschirmPionierBataillon 5 was commanded by Major Gerhard Mertins, a decorated veteran who had received the Knight’s Cross. He had previously participated in the 1943 mission to rescue Mussolini and survived the Falaise encirclement in August 1944.