Hilfswachmannschaften -Auxiliary guards.

[Eike41]

Anyone have any ideas on this tag? It is supposed to be for Hilfswachmannschaften -Auxiliary guards (HIWA).

The photo is not great but it is all I have at the moment.

[Matt L]

I'd think since the proper field unit 1./ J.R. 318 is there that it's supposed to be 'HIWI' and that maybe it was made by a Russian who simply made a mistake... or it was made by a faker who didn't know what he was doing LOL

[Eike41]

Thanks Matt!

[Eike41]

I did some research and the J.R. 318 was part of the 23rd security division in the Ukraine, and it had Hilfswachmannschaften as part of the division. I think it is correct.

[Matt L]

Interesting! Well there you go- deeper research sometimes does yield explanations for oddities