Article about: Hi Everyone, Picked up a number of items at Saturday's flea-market, one being this Erkennungsmarke, chain & miniatur Erkennungsmarke. A couple of things I don't follow - what's the unit
Hi Everyone,
Picked up a number of items at Saturday's flea-market, one being this Erkennungsmarke, chain & miniatur Erkennungsmarke. A couple of things I don't follow - what's the unit on the large dog-tag - is it an artillery one, also first time I've seen B/Gr. A stamped on tag usually its just blood group letter, anyone seen this before?. Has anyone also seen, this constellation of dog-tags (I don't usually collect them) large and small ones chained together. What's the small one for - the name is self explanatory, but the stamped numbers - personal or unit number?. Any information appreciated.
Regards
Alec
Hello,
It stands for Schützen Ersatz Kompanie 84 (not artillery)
b/Gr is in fact Bl Gr for Blut Gruppe A (uncommon but already seen)
roll number 135
the small ID tag looks french. Same shape, meant to be worn around the wrist. Scholz could be a french name from Eastern France, close to Germany...
Not sure it helps...
Thanks
The sacrifice of life is a huge sacrifice, there is only one that is more terrible, the sacrifice of honor
Hello Dimas,
This is not my field of collecting, but what makes you think it's belgian...(don't know how it looks like)...
Here's a french EM ID tag for you to compare...maybe they're the same
Thanks
The sacrifice of life is a huge sacrifice, there is only one that is more terrible, the sacrifice of honor
The small one is French mod.1918 tag. Belgian IIWW were bit smaller and had no hole in bottom halve.
This could have been issued when this German soldier bacame a POW in 1940 or 1945. However there were 2 different types of French POW tags issued to German POWs and none of them look alike this on. I don't think if this was a German from Alsace serving in French army as the tag isn't stamped according to French regulations for Army tags.
Rgds
Al
Hello Al, JPhilip,Dimas,
Thanks gentlemen for your posts. I bought the dog-tag from an old boy, estimate age - mid sixties. His story was it belonged to his father and slipped out from between papers, the guy was selling just normal household bric-a-brac . Next time I run across him at the flea-market, I'll ask about his father ever being a P.O.W in France, perhaps he may know something.
Regards
Unusual Erkennungsmarke + Miniatur
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