german dog tag

[wesley]

Hi all,


I have found this (german ww2) dog tag.

thear is only the greek number 6 on it?

What does it mean and is it Original ww2?


please help?

Grts

Wesley

[Eike41]

Wesley The VI is for Wehrkreise VI – Münster (Westphalia, Rhineland, and the Eupen-Malmedy district of Belgium) It was a military district.

Military district (Germany) - Wikipedia

The tag looks good to me, It also has an interesting backside with what might be the soldiers name or at least a signature

[Rik.S]

I agree with Eike, it appears to be an original ground dug erkennungsmarke.

Regards, Rik

[BlackCat1982]

Quite unusual to find one of these with a name on the back, the ekm is from a Wehrmacht recruiting depot within Wehrkreis VI. Such units were purely for the processing of recruits before assignment to their destination unit and hence onto the units roll and then issued a unit ekm. This type of erkennungsmarke was not usually seen issued implying the owner is going to the front line. The fact that not only has it got a blutgruppe stamp of O and a name would give the impression that this recruit was pressed into a fighting unit very quickly. Perhaps he was a young Hitler Youth member pressed into service towards the wars end? A nice find.