M40 Heer Vet bringback

[Gunny Hartmann]

Love it!....

[sweguy]

Thanks, it's even more cool if you are able of tracking the person who wore it.

When you say it slados28, it seems legit. And thanks again, it was a plessure dealing with you!

[canti44]

Hey Sweguy,

one of my methods is to try and work out the name and then see later if it actually exists as a name. Pijolat does exist and is French in origin, see below. I don't know how many French surnames there are recorded in the German army but there must have been some.

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The last three letters do look like DAT but it does look like a 'J' in the middle also.

Anyway, it's a tricky one, good luck!

Ian.

[Sir Payne]

Great Heer I think I need to get a 62 sometime soon

[slados28]

I have to admit I'm not seeing an i and a j but rather a slanted Ü , just like the slant of the rest of the lettering. Pretty sure the surname starts with an R as well...
I actually found several F Rudat/Rudal from Bavaria in ww1 rosters, no ww2 records that I can see so far though --- nothing on Pijolat (pretty certain that that's not correct anyway as I believe the first letter is an R not a P, as mentioned earlier). The process is half the fun either way, good luck!

[sweguy]

Thanks, this was my first 62 actually and second NS, I like those shells. Is there some archives or authorities I can contact during this "project" if we can make out the name?

Best regards Sweguy

[sweguy]

And also, has this been some kind of reissue or something, due to the traces of apple green on some spots?