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This is a War Leave Certificate for Reg.Insp. Dr. Kurt Wittigschlager from the German Post Office in Paris.  I acquired a number of travel documents related to this man recently from Germany.

This is one of many variants of wartime leave passes, this one being made by the firm of HESS that had offices in Braunschweig, Munich, Berlin & Paris.  Documents like this were often printed locally and not shipped in from Berlin.

Notable on this example are the "Free from contagious illness and vermin" certificate signed by an Unterarzt. This was usually a separate accompanying document, not typed on the leave pass. 

Also this document lacks the Feldpost/Dienststelle stamp and it is stated that the Leutnant's signature is in replacement for the stamp.  This is also uncommon, but not unheard of.

The reverse of the above document.  Visible are the arrival stamp in München on 29. März 1943 and his receipt of ration cards including tobacco ration cards.

This is another version of the delousing certificate.  Before going on leave they wanted you cleaned up!  Especially if your going back to Deutschland.  This one was issued 21. Dez. 1942.

This is another version of the war leave pass.  This is different from the one listed above because it lacks the green stripe.  The lack of green stripe and text "Gültig für Urlaubreisen auf eigene Kosten" means that this trip was at the Soldat's own expense.  This was issued to Schütze Albert Truhmann (sp?) to go on a day trip from the Reserve Hospital at Bad Harzburg to Visenburg (sp?) for the day.  This was not a train ticket, only permission to go on a trip, you would need a Fahrkarte to board the train.

The reverse of the war leave pass.  It is blank save for a stamp since it was only a day pass and ration cards were not to be issued for such a short trip.

This is a Sonder Ausweis D turned into a Marschbefehl (or Reisenmarschausweis as the Hauptmann calls it).  When you don't have the correct form in war just make one out of whatever you have.  This one is from 18. Februar 1945 so I'm sure they had more important things on their minds.  It is transfering Stabsfeldwebel Robert Schratzer to the Gebirgsjäger Sonderstab in Graz and Klagenfurt.  Interesting to note that this was printed by the firm of Peter KAISER in PROVENCE, I guess they had a bunch made and were using them up until the end of the war.

As you can see the Stabsfeldwebel was in Pay group 11 and had been pre-paid through 28.2, but he only had his front allowance paid through 31.1, he had been issued rations through 17.2, march ration through 19.2, bread through 19.2, soap through 28.2 and shaving soap through 30.4.

This is a onetime free use of the trains in the Occupied Western section of France.  Isssued to Reg. Ins. Wittigschlager, this allowed him to use the train while going to met with the Luftgaukommando Westfrankreich.

This is a civilian document allowing Klara Vetter to pick berries and mushrooms.  This allowed Klara to pick them in the Saxon State Forests and local and private forests as long as it is not prohibited in section 14 of the Forest and Field Laws.

The reverse of the Berries and Mushroom picking permit.