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05-21-2024 01:04 PM
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Circuit advertisement
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Hello Louis welcome to the forum...I would believe that blank tags exist that were never issued and were found later after the war.
I do not collect these tags and someone with greater knowledge who researches these tags will be along shortly to give you further information on.
The name on that piece of metal does not prove a connection to the tag and the stamping process on that piece of metal will be proven if done during the period or post war.
Hang tight someone will be along soon.
Regards Larry
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!!
- Larry C
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Winston Churchill
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So in fact this isn't a dog tag for a soldier? Just a leftover one essentially?
Yes I would agree that I'm optimistic with linking the dog tag and the piece of metal!
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Hi Louis.
It is not and area I collect either, but I would imagine that each Kompanie would have spare Erkennungsmarken just in case a soldier lost theirs and it needed to be replaced. So it could be the case that it was dropped at sometime during the war, or even dropped by a civilian after being found somewhere else.
If you google your exact location along with German units, there is a chance that you could uncover that some were stationed near by. Of course the Germans would often dig 'dump' pits too, so it could be the case that the things you are finding were discarded on purpose.
Here is a thread where 21 blank Erkennungsmarken were found -
Found 21 blank Dog Tags
Kind regards,
Will.
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This one i find always interessted.
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What an interesting collection of relics, in particular the Russian PPSh-41 circled in red.
The Wehrmacht officially adopted the converted PPSh-41 as the Maschinenpistole 41(r), unconverted PPSh-41s were designated "MP717(r)" and supplied with 7.63×25mm Mauser ammunition.
There are a lot of resources for tracking German unit movements online and Normandy seems to have had a lot written about it. If you are happy to give me the name of your village, or the general area it is in I will have a search for information.
Kind regards,
Will.
Maschinenpistole 41 (r) | FirearmCentral Wiki | Fandom
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Yes he does have a lot of interesting finds like that. After the war to cleanup the area the English used part of his land to bury dead horses (shown by the stirrups found) that the Germans had used, and then also evidently threw in other goodies for him to find.
I'll send over my areas details in a private message and thanks for the offer to help!
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Some interesting finds. Yes blank unissued ekm are not uncommon finds and were available for stamping replacements if lost or damaged. As far as your neighbours relic cache is concerned the Russian PPSH would appear to imply that it was from after 1940 (no Germans would have had one in 1940).
Nice to also find a personalised relic item from Gefreiter Hauck, can't see all of it so not sure whether it's part of a spork (folding fork/spoon) or something else. Sadly Hauck isn't an unusual name - there are 500 such listed with the VDK, although not all WW2 dated. If Gefreiter Hauck got to the Seine then he was possibly lucky.
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just to add on here....I posted this before...I think it was in a Ratisbons auction
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