In late August 1941, after the invasion of the Soviet Union, he was transferred to the Landeswehr Battalion 898 in Vilnius, then part of the Reichskommissariat Ostland German occupation zone. Schmid was reassigned to an office called Feldkommandantur 814, whose personnel were charged with collecting German soldiers who had been separated from their units and reassigning them.
In late August 1941, after the Soviet invasion, Schmid was moved to the Landeswehr Battalion 898 in Vilnius, which was part of the occupied Ostland region. He was then assigned to Feldkommandantur 814, where he coordinated the reassignment of German soldiers who had been separated from their units.