FJ Rgt 9 Erkennungsmarke

[Bob Lyons]

Hi all,

I picked this Erkennungsmarke up locally last night, and any comments re the history etc of this particular tag would be greatly appreciated.

FJ Regiment 9 was a part of the 3rd FJ Division, and this one is for the Panzerjaeger Kompanie. (14th Kompanie), they were pretty well wiped
out during the Ardennes battles of 1944 from what I have been able to glean.

The tag has lightly scratched into the back of the tag '3Div' '14 Komp' and the number '52243', the scratched inscriptions are hard to read,
so I have enhanced the photos slightly to better read the back portion.

Thanks for looking,

Cheers

Bob

[Bob Lyons]

Oops, I forgot there was a dedicated thread for ID discs, my bad, Mods feel free to move it if you wish....

Apologies for posting this in the wrong forum

Bob

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Bob, I never even noticed it was in the wrong forum either LOL.

Moved it over for you.

Cheers, Ade.

[Bob Lyons]

Thanks Ade, appreciated mate !

Cheers

Bob

[Eike41]

Mob. Nr. 215967 was issued at fallschirmjager schule wittstock, must have been this fellows first posting in the fallschirmjagers.

[Eike41]

Kommandeure:
•Hptm Bodo Göttsche, Jan 1944 - 1 Feb 1944
•Maj Kurt Stephani, 1 Feb 1944 - 20 Aug 1944
•Maj Friedrich Alpers, 21 Aug 1944 - 3 Sep 1944
•Obstlt Gundolf Frhr Schenk zu Schweinsberg, 1 Oct 1944 - 8 Oct 1944
•Oberst Hellmut Hoffmann, 9 Oct 1944 - Mar 1945
•Obstlt Gundolf Frhr Schenk zu Schweinsberg, 1 Mar 1945 - Apr 1945
•Hptm Baron von Freyberg, Apr 1945 - May 1945

Formed Jan 1944 at Reims with new recruits.

The regiment was almost totally destroyed at Falaise, and had to be rebuilt in October 1944, at Oldenzaal.

The regiment was again destroyed in March 1945, and was replaced byFJR.6 in the division.

Organisation:
•1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

[Bob Lyons]

Thanks heaps for that Eike41, exactly what I was after, really appreciate your time in answering!

Very best wishes

Bob

[BlackCat1982]

Nice tag, with some neat history.

[Bob Lyons]

As an added bit of interest, here is an original Major Friedrich Alpers signature on a Gold Recce clasp awarded to Leutnant Erich Schweizer of 2.(F)/ 22.
(I have another couple of documents to this group of awards as well, but with other signatures).

Alpers was captured by US forces in 1944, and committed suicide in captivity, he was also a member of the SS.

Bob

[Bob Lyons]

Possibly slightly off topic maybe, but picked up this information via a post on another forum courtesy of Greg Way, regarding Friedrich Alpers:-

Born 25.3.1901 in Lemgo (same place that Student died in 1978)

13.5.1919-1.3.1920 - Freikorps Merker

1937/1938 - Joined the Luftwaffe

1.9.1937 - Leutnant d.Res

1.3.1939 - Oberleutnant d.Res

5.9.1939 - Hauptmann d.Res

1.11.1941 - Major d.Res

Units
1942 - Kommandeur Fernaufkl.Gr.4
1944 - Kommandeur I./FJR9

Conflicting info from Bundesarchive & Deutsche Dienstelle
Missing 3.9.1944 and KIA 3.9.1944 near Quevy le Grand in Belgium.
Buried at Soldatenfriedhof Lommel P61-81

Awards
15.4.1942 - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
14.10.1942 - Ritterkreuz