Bavarian J?ger tag..

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

Got this yesterday... mad me a happy boy :-)

Of course... anyone want to trade it for a 2nd J?ger tage I would be very happy....

[Chris Boonzaier]

If anyone here lives in MUC and would take a photo of the house he lived in for me :-))))

[Chris Boonzaier]

Am I right in thinking this is a 1915 model tag?

Tanks

Chris

[David Gregory]

If anyone here lives in MUC and would take a photo of the house he lived in for me :-))))

The best image available online is from above at Google maps. I bet the church bells were loud!

If I recall correctly, slotted dog tags first appeared in 1916, so I assume that your wonderful example dates from 1915 or earlier.

Is there any available literature on German tags?

[Chris Boonzaier]

There is a book out...

And this guy has some nice ones !!!!

http://membres.lycos.fr/spacemakerfra/main...&plaque=103

[David Gregory]

There is a book out...

And this guy has some nice ones !!!!

http://membres.lycos.fr/spacemakerfra/main...&plaque=103

Very nice stuff, indeed. However, I don't see why he attributes the Sturmbataillon tag to Rohr's unit. It could be any 5th company.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Very nice stuff, indeed. However, I don't see why he attributes the Sturmbataillon tag to Rohr's unit. It could be any 5th company.

As much as I would love him to be wrong, I think he is right on that. 1) Its a pionier and this desgnation was mainly just Rohr men 2) It seems to be from the time when Rohr was still the only battalion 3) I am not sure but I tink Rohr was the only one with 5 Kompagnies?