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02-05-2012 03:07 PM
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Re: penciling inside gas mask canister lens case
Does it say "Ogefr" - Obergefreiter.
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Re: penciling inside gas mask canister lens case
That was my assumption, but I've rarely seen a marking with rank. Then again, I know nothing about marking regulations(of if there were any) within the german military at the time.
If the name is Weihs(an uncommon name) I've only been able to come up with one record of that name in a days search, born in 1907 with no death date or issuance.
If the name is Weiss(a common name) someone pointed me to a document from 1945 showing a Alfons Weiss being captured at a POW and shot in the leg trying to escape. Doubting its the same person, but I thought it would be cool if I could track down the actual person it belonged to whether he served in ww2 or the east german military.
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Re: penciling inside gas mask canister lens case
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StoffelKeere
That was my assumption, but I've rarely seen a marking with rank. Then again, I know nothing about marking regulations(of if there were any) within the german military at the time.
Hello,
The rank is a common feature for such markings, especially on Gasmask sets. The FPNummer is also a common feature. Of course there were regulations that indicated how and where the item should be marked but it stopped with the war. Military without regulations is not military....
Thanks
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Laurent Huart (1964-2008)
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Re: penciling inside gas mask canister lens case
The Feldpost number is for:
06789
(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) Korps-Kommando XVI. A. K.
(15.9.1940-31.1.1941) Gen. Kommando XVI. A. K., dann Panzer-GruppeKommando4,
(12.7.1941-26.1.1942) Panzer-AOK.4,
(27.1.1942-14.7.1942) Panzer-AOK 4 u. Armee-Kartenstelle 473.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: penciling inside gas mask canister lens case
It is just in old German script: Obergefreiter Alfons Weiss. 06789 is a Felfpost number but Feldpost numbers changed during the war. I'm not sure what the first line means. KDFÜ???
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Re: penciling inside gas mask canister lens case
WeiSS is written in old German script "long S". So today we read old "long S" just like 2 ss-s.
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Re: penciling inside gas mask canister lens case
Here is the marking inside my gasmask canister:
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