Stalingrad tags? What were they used for?

[LeonardoL]

Saw lots of those pop up on e-bay. What was the purpose of them? Why are they called stalingrad tags?

[bigmacglenn]

These are Luftwaffe cargo-tags attached to identify various items...Food, Ammo, Fuel, Medical etc...Someone started the ridiculous rumor a few years ago that these were tags for men being flown out of Stalingrad...Not True.
cheers, Glenn

[LeonardoL]

Thats what i wanted to know! Thanks!

[lebus12]

The rumor.....For me it's for clothes in barracks, because we found such items on airfield like Chartres, Evreux. So, of course you can find them in Stalingrad, on the airfields.
You can find these in white, yellow, red.

[lebus12]

I stopped to buy them...