Just for info, this MG Kasten- box was found on the positions of 11 Kompanie SS Rgt Danmark...
Just for info, this MG Kasten- box was found on the positions of 11 Kompanie SS Rgt Danmark...
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Dimas
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No idea Dim if Bob is the shortened version of Robert in German or Danish as it is in English.
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
Interesting finds! Maybe Bob is a surname not a nickname?
Regards
Matt
Hi Guys, Micheal Wittmann's gunner, Oberscharführer Balthazar "Bobby" Woll is the only example I can think of who used some form of "Bob" but as a nickname.
Cheers, Ade.
Just a thought but why must BOB be a name?, Perhaps BOB is the initials for a unit or organisation rather than the name of someone. Ive never heard of people writing their names on ammo boxes, but I have heard of German units marking ammo boxes to stop pilfering by other units.
LUCKYSTRIKE
equally possible yet rare is the BFK just another idea some of them must have been sent to the ost in some manner
I do not think that Bob is a name - if he is Danish. Bob is not that common a name in Denmark, and especially not at that time. After the war it was a little different with the US influence - but still it is not that common...
It could be a surname - as a guy called e.g. Boerge O. Bahnsen - that would be BOB.... I think it would have his name on it if it was used for hes private stuff - instead of ammo. When I was at the infantry I had a .50 BMG ammo crate for my food etc.....
Just my thougths...
if you look closely, it is a lower case "b" at the end. Bob. Scratched out this way it is not an acronym but really does look like a proper name. BOB or bob would have been the logical acronym to scratch out on something.
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