Help with a tag

**Steve T** · 10-27-2011, 11:00 PM

Hi all

I've been asked to help with the attached tag. It still needs a bit of a clean up but it would be nice to get some initial opinions. It was found on an old POW camp in America, along with a fair few pebble buttons. I presume the 'B' is the blood group and the bottom right mark the 'company'.

Any other info would be great

Cheers

Steve T

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 10-27-2011 11:00 PM

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**Paul D** · 10-28-2011, 11:37 AM

Steve i can't make out enough of the lettering to make a guess at this one i'm afraid !!

**Steve T** · 10-28-2011, 01:43 PM

Yeah, I was having the same problem Paul. Hopefully he will send me a picture soon once it has been cleaned up. Amazing to think it was found in the USA

Steve T

**Matt L** · 10-28-2011, 02:55 PM

Me either- it may not be a typical military unit though; in the lower right area it appears to read 'KP 50' which is very strange since a typical Regiment had at most 15 Kompanien. The 'B' is definitely the blood group and the 131 is the Stammrollennummer.

**Steve T** · 10-28-2011, 08:59 PM

Better picture of the tag, cleaned up.

It says KP30 which is still unusual. Is the rest clear enough to make out now ?

Thanks

Steve T

**GEORGE** · 10-28-2011, 10:26 PM

is it this? grz schz abschn ? {border protection section command} or grenz schutz -abschnitt komando, it fits for me, regards,george w

**Battery Command Post** · 10-28-2011, 10:28 PM

It could be Grenzschutz something Regiment maybe?

Rob

**Matt L** · 10-28-2011, 11:02 PM

It's definitely Grenzschütz-Abschnitt, but notice one tricky thing- the marking is actually 'GZ. SGHZ.' so it would seem this unit was missing it's 'C' and they had to use a 'G' instead; that would mean the second half that appears to be 'NGHR' is actually the infintiely more understandable 'NCHR' for Nachrichten- so what you have there is Grenzschütz-Abschnitts-Nachrichten-Kompanie 30. Unfortunately I have little information- it's simply listed as having gone to form one of the Kompanien of Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 437:

Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 437

1. Aufstellung:

* 1.4.1940 im WK XII zu 2 Kompanien; die 1. aus der Grenzschutz-Abschnitts-Nachrichten-
Kompanie 30 aus Krems/Donau; 1.6.1942 verstärkt durch eine 3. Kompanie; November 1944
umbenannt in Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 482.

2. Unterstellung:

Höheres Kommando XXXVII; 25. 5.1942 LXXXII. Armeekorps: Niederlande, Nordfrankreich, Saar

3. Ersatz:

17 Wien, WK XVII

Versorgungseinheiten 437 = Höh.Kommando XXXVII; 25.5.1942 LXXXII. Armeekorps