ekn Joachim Sperling

[Daarom]

[BlackCat1982]

Interesting one.

[byBen]

Of the top of my mind the "A" in front of the serial suggests its a civilian employee attached to the unit, im pretty confident to say this is not his dog tag

You could make the case i guess, that A is the bloodtype although the Position would be pretty unusual for that... I attach a picture of another civilian employee tag i found online, number B184 and bloodtype O

[Daarom]

I always assumed that the (O) meant that it was an ortsfesten abteilung ? schwere Flak-Abteilung 605 (o)

Formed 10.39 in Luftgau XI from Flak-Ers.Abt. 6, with 1. - 4. Batterien (until 7.42 known as Res.Flak-Abt. 605):

Stab/Res.605 from Stab/Flak-Ers.Abt. 6
1./Res.605 new
2./Res.605 from 2./Flak-Ers.Abt. 6
3./Res.605 new
4./Res.605 from 3./Flak-Ers.Abt. 6

In 1940 1./Res.605 became 6./Flak-Regiment 33, and was reformed from 1./1001; In 1941 1./Res.605 became 3./111, and was reformed from Res.Flak-Bttr. 307.

5./Res.605 was formed in late 1940.

In 7.41 5./Res.605 became 1./726, and was reformed from 5./612.

Reorganised as a schwere Abteilung in mid-42:

4./gem.605 became 2./838, and was reformed
5./gem.605 became 4./855, and was reformed

6. and 7./s.605 was formed in late 1943 (6. from 5./564, 7. from 6./437 [RAD 8./133]).

Service:

[Daarom]

Ortsfest like Bodenstandig. leichte Flak-Abteilung 839 (o)



Die leichte Flak-Abteilung 839 (o) wurde im Juli 1942 in Bochum mit vier leichten Batterien aufgestellt und anschließend in Bochum beim Stab des Flak-Regiments 67 bei der 22. Flak-Division eingesetzt. Ende 1942 wurde eine 5. und 6. Batterie aufgestellt. 1943 wurde die 3. Batterie zur 4. / leichte Flak-Abteilung 415 und anschließend neu aufgestellt. 1944 wurde eine 7. Batterie aufgestellt. Ende 1944 wurden die 3. und 6. Batterie aufgelöst, die 5. Batterie wurde zur 5. / gemischte Flak-Abteilung 410. Im November 1944 verlegte die Abteilung von Bochum nach Münster, wo sie dem Stab des Flak-Regiments 47 bei der 22. Flak-Division

[Daarom]

I think that maybe the B stands for Helfer or something like that. "Most Flak Battalions were designated verlegbar (v) or ortsfest (o). Units that were verlegbar could be deployed almost anywhere, but they had no orgnic transport. Units that were ortsfest not only had no organic transport, they were also dependant on other units or command echelons for deployment." schwere Flak-Abteilung 625 (o)

Formed 10.43 in Luftgau III with 4 Batterien.

5. and 6./s.625 was formed in early 1944 (5. from s.Flak-Bttr.zbV 5768, 6. from 5./321).

Stab/s.625 became Stab/144 in mid-1944, not reformed.

Service:

1943/44 as Flakuntergruppe Bielefeld

[Daarom]

O., (O.) Ortsfest Meist im Bezug auf Flak
Ob. Baustb
Ober-Baustab

ObFz. St.
Oberfeldzeug-Stab

O.F.K.
Oberfeldkommandantur

[BlackCat1982]

Of the top of my mind the "A" in front of the serial suggests its a civilian employee attached to the unit, im pretty confident to say this is not his dog tag

You could make the case i guess, that A is the bloodtype although the Position would be pretty unusual for that... I attach a picture of another civilian employee tag i found online, number B184 and bloodtype O

I've got a similar EKM found at Stalingrad marked A1, so it could be a civilian later pressed into a combat roll, but without training I am not sure.

[Daarom]

O is not the blood type but the o stands for ortsfest.

[Daarom]

Leichte Flak-Abteilung 839 (o) schwere Flak-Abteilung 605 (o) schwere Flak-Abteilung 625 (o) = ortsfest