16th Infantry Regiment Erkennungsmarke

[Bob Lyons]

The 16th Infantry Regiment was part of the 22 Infantry (Luftlande) Division, which makes this Erkennungsmarke rather interesting I think.

I got it locally this afternoon from a small militaria shop here in Melbourne.

-Bob

[Rik.S]

That is a great erkennungsmarke. You are right about the unit being trained as Luftlandeeinheit. The Regiment was deployed in the vicinity of Rotterdam.
Man, very nice addition to your collection.

Regards, Rik

[BlackCat1982]

That ekm is a long long way from home... Nice one though, well found!

[TWS]

Very nice Bob. I once had a Waffenrock to a signals NCO in Nachrichten-Abteilung 22. Like a dope, I sold it.

[Bob Lyons]

Thanks guys, I was happy to bring this one home....

:-)

Bob

[Bob Lyons]

Here is a very interesting website with a lot of info on I.R. 16 and the Division :-

Historic.de - Militärgeschichte - Bremen und Umland 1933-1945