Schützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 39

[josephc]

ID Disk Schtz.Ers.Kp 3/39 - if i have this correct a tag to a replacement rifleman in company 3 of the 39 battalion.

per lexicon der wehrmacht - could have served in many different groups:

"The battalion was founded on the 26th of May 2016 August 1939 in Düsseldorf, in Wehrkreis VI, edged. The division under infantry replacement battalion 39 166 and provided the replacement for the 26th Infanterie Division. On the 5th In November 1939, the battalion was founded in Konitz in West Prussia, to the Wehrkreis XX, moved. On the 16th In August 1940, the battalion was founded in Düsseldorf in the Wehrkreis VI moved back. From the 1st September 1940 was subject to the Battalion of Division 156. The battalion was built on the 1st. November 1941 reclassified to Schützensatz Battalion 39. It was under then also directly to the Wehrkreis VI. On the 1st In April 1942 it became an infantry replacement battalion again 39 renamed. After the renaming, the battalion was back in the division 156. On the 1st October 1942 the battalion in Düsseldorf was founded in each infantry-replacement battalion 39 and an infantry training battalion 39 divided. The Training battalion was established in Kleve, also Defence Circle VI. Both battalions were under the control of Division 526. Both battalions were founded on 7. November 1942 in Grenadier replacement battalion 39 and Grenadier-Training Battalion 39 renamed. Both battalions were 1. December 1942 in Füsilier replacement battalion 39 and Füsilier training battalion 39 renamed. On the 10th In April 1943, both battalions were merged into Füsilier replacement and training battalion 39. On the 14th July 1943 was the replacement battalion after Goch on the Lower Rhine, also Wehrkreis VI, installed. The Training battalion moved to Düsseldorf, also Defence Circle VI. From 1944, the Replacement battalion replacement for the 264. Infanterie Division. In September 1944, the replacement battalion was established in the Valkyrie call mobilized. It was in October 1944 in Mühlheim, Wehrkreis VI, already repositioned. It was under its installation Division 476."