Isn't 1155 a remarkably high stammrollen number for a non-ersatz company level unit?
Isn't 1155 a remarkably high stammrollen number for a non-ersatz company level unit?
Hello. In this forum, as valid erkennungsmarke, they are published EKM pictures of the same military unit with no. 1011 - 929 and 1358. Giovanni
I am merely questioning that with around 120 men per company, a stammrollen number of 1155 would indicate a turnover of around 10x of the entire company strength. Surely a savagely high casualty rate?
My SS-Freiwilligen-Legion Norwegen/Den Norske Legion/Freiwillige Legion Norwegen erkennungsmarke. A very rare tag, acquired through Eugene... the deal made possible by his generosity and patience --- still can't believe he's gone---
Well, the sad part aside for now--- hope you like... aside from the rarity of this Norwegian volunteer tag it's also got a small bit of the cord still attached. Recovered not far from Kiestinki, Karelia
Very nice ! From Kaprolat ?
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
Thank you, Paul! I guess not many other recognize value and rarity of this piece given the foreign volunteer part and the fact that it's missing the coveted SS runes
Not a Kaprolat find --- it was found on a former Den Norske Legion camp site by a road running between Louhi and Suoperi (if I understood that last part right)... some buttons and a WHV badge was also found there. Eugene said it was the first ever example he had seen coming out of Karelia--- he later showed me a really corroded one (half), iirc. Really happy with this one as they are near impossible to find in any condition!
Well done!
Thank you, Glenn!
A couple of others I believe I have not added to this thread before --- the Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt tag was near impossible to photograph for some reason but you get the picture (no pun intended).
St. Kp. H. ϟϟ u. P.F. II d. W ϟϟ --- Stabskompanie Höhere SS und Polizeiführer II der Waffen SS ( this would be HSSPF Ostsee under SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei Emil Mazuw)
"R.u.S. Hauptamt ϟϟ" --- Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt SS
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