My first Panzer erkennungsmarke

[Montag]

Most if not all display very similar wear/abrasions to the examples shown by Montag and Ralph,
caused by the cord used to hang them around the soldiers' necks.

Hi Todd,

Thanks for your comment!



Best regards,
S.W.

[BlackCat1982]

Both look good for me Montag, the issue of metal chains for armoured crews was not rigorously followed, but the wear on your examples looks fine and good.

[gianni59]

Hello.
IMO unfortunately not good, this example from the web, the letter R and the number 6 are different (but from the II. Bataillon not from the 5. Kompanie).

[Montag]

Hello.
IMO unfortunately not good, this example from the web, the letter R and the number 6 are different (but from the II. Bataillon not from the 5. Kompanie).

Hi there,

Thanks for your comment!


I saw your sample on eBay... Rather your sample is the same as other tag-font Style.
I also didn't attend your sample eBay auction as it has features excavated from the ground.


Battalion Stab and Kompanie may have different font styles... (basic common sense)
So the most important thing is to bring the 5. Kompanie Erkennungsmarke with similar military numbers.


Best regards
S.W.

[Montag]

Both look good for me Montag, the issue of metal chains for armoured crews was not rigorously followed, but the wear on your examples looks fine and good.

Hi mate

Thank you, sir!

[Montag]

And your sample has an error.
- The mannschaftsnummer of your sample is 'very late' in organization.

As we all know, There are not many people in Battalion Stab.
There is a chance that your sample was genuinely reissued later.

[Montag]

I collect only those military numbers that are 'fast'.
Because it is the minimum condition to enter the organization chart on September 1, 1939


After September 1, 1939, military numbers were not assigned sequentially.
Because if the Ersatzmann is reissued the erkennungsmarke, the numbers is regardless of the 'rank'.

My III. Battalion-Stab military number is '5'.
As mentioned earlier, there are few people in the Battalion-Stab.

[Montag]

Look at these samples, the same battalion but different fonts.

And the Battalion-Stab sample was taken from the Russian forum.
The Battalion-Stab was very small organization and its number was '569'. If this is genuine, it is a 100% reissue tag.

[Eike41]

The stamping sets were at different administrative levels, they could be anywhere from company to Division level. It depended on where the roll for the unit was kept. Also the sets would change over time, so the fact that a battalion and a company have different fonts is not a red flag.

[Montag]

so the fact that a battalion and a company have different fonts is not a red flag.

Sure..! Common sense is of the essence....