Chris Boonzaier Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 would have stamped items B16R3I assume bavarian Reserve Regt 16. 3. Komp?I really, really, really hope so !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Looks like you are right. Have a look near the bottom of page 11 in this link http://www.bayerischewaffen.de/daten/trstemp.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Looks like you are right. Have a look near the bottom of page 11 in this link http://www.bayerischewaffen.de/daten/trstemp.pdfNice link! Thanks!So I just bought an entrenching tool stamped to them. Any idea which company old one ball was in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Chris,According to his early war Erkennungmarke, he was in the 1.Komp.Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Chris,According to his early war Erkennungmarke, he was in the 1.Komp.ChipYes Chip,Just like you I was thinking about this E.M.Kind regards,Jef[attachmentid=61993] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Hello Chris,Look what I found ( Frontsoldat Hitler, by Stuart Russel)With kind regards,Jef[attachmentid=62314] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 Would the regt number have changed ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Would the regt number have changed ??No, it's still B. R.I.R. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 No, it's still B. R.I.R. 16No, I meant HIS number. On these tages is it a company or Regt number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 No, I meant HIS number. On these tages is it a company or Regt number?It seems HIS number on his first EM is 148. When he moved to the 3. Komp. I read 718 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 But i doubt there are 718 men in a company, even including wartime ersatz.I would bet one of these was not HIS... maybe both ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 I lost site of my original reason for posting....So, if Hitler was in the 3rd company, then my field spade actually belonged to a man in hitlers company !!! it may even have been borrowed by Hitler when he left the trench to go take a dump !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Guys,What would happen when a soldier came back to a regiment after a wound, for instance, and was assigned to another company? Would he get a new disk at that point? The depot muster rolls were continuous, so one would assume that field unit muster numbers were too. So if a man was killed, his number would not be issued to someone else. This is just a guess, but I think it would have been a nightmare to try to reassign numbers and try to keep track of them.Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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