Which unit...

[Chris Boonzaier]

would have stamped items B16R3

I assume bavarian Reserve Regt 16. 3. Komp?

I really, really, really hope so !!!!

[Tony]

Looks like you are right.

Have a look near the bottom of page 11 in this link http://www.bayerischewaffen.de/daten/trstemp.pdf

[Chris Boonzaier]

Looks like you are right.

Have a look near the bottom of page 11 in this link http://www.bayerischewaffen.de/daten/trstemp.pdf

Nice link! Thanks!

So I just bought an entrenching tool stamped to them. Any idea which company old one ball was in?

[Chip]

Chris,

According to his early war Erkennungmarke, he was in the 1.Komp.

Chip

[Jef]

Chris,

According to his early war Erkennungmarke, he was in the 1.Komp.

Chip

Yes Chip,

Just like you I was thinking about this E.M.

Kind regards,

Jef

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[Jef]

Hello Chris,

Look what I found ( Frontsoldat Hitler, by Stuart Russel)

With kind regards,

Jef

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[Chris Boonzaier]

Would the regt number have changed ??

[Jef]

Would the regt number have changed ??

No, it's still B. R.I.R. 16

[Chris Boonzaier]

No, it's still B. R.I.R. 16

No, I meant HIS number. On these tages is it a company or Regt number?

[Jef]

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

[Chris Boonzaier]

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 ?

[Chris Boonzaier]

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 !!!

[Chip]

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