740th Railway Operating Battalion Grand Pa Karl's ID card 1945

 U. writes... 

Grandpa Karl worked as a locomotive fitter for the German State Railway until 1. April 1941 , then he had to move to the army.

Till end of war in 1945 , he worked at the " Atlantikwall " in Belgium and France and drove trains at different places in Europe .

Due to his profession,  he got his certificate of discharge in June 1945 and than he started to work for/with  the 740th railway op bat. at Bonn /Germany  , where a railhead was build. The permit on the photo is from this time.

Later , till he retired in the late sixties,  he still worked in repairing ( steam )  locomotives for the new build German State railway in Cologne.

Thanks U glad to see Grabdpa Karl's IS card