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    Prussian Obserevers Badge WW1 Prussian Id Discs need help to read them


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    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2009/post-5409-126002620983.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2009/post-5409-126002626565.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2009/post-5409-126002630151.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2009/post-5409-126002634851.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2009/post-5409-126002639205.jpgI found this observers badge in a jewlery case of a junk shop while visiting a friend in Naples this weekend it was marked as womans costume jewlery. I thought it was an appropriate description LOL . In the display case next to it were 4 dog tags and a wound badge and some buttons? I assume they all came from the same estate. The interesting thing is the dog tags. What I was wondering is if WW1 prussian pilots wore dog tags? I was looking at these and tring to make them out but I am totally lost. I don't know anything about WW1 Prussian items. I assume the observer badge is fake as the always are and the last one and only one I bought for allot of money was a fake that is why I stopped collecting this stuff. In any case the dog tags are really neat I am just wondering if anyone knows how to read them or if there is a place to look them up? I looked on the internet and there is not allot of information on them. I don't know if you call them Id Discs or dog tags? It would be interesting to know what type of soldier wore them or what unit he was in? I wonder if people return them to the families of the soldiers? Even if they are not worth a whole lot I think they are really cool as a historical item.

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    Artur Dreifuss - Ersatz Bataillon Infanterie Regiment Nr.135, 2.Kompagnie (Lothringen). This was his training unit. The info on the back is his field unit.

    Karl Bender - 2.Rekruten Depot, 1.Ersatz Bataillon, Infanterie Regiment, Armierungs Kompagnie.

    Pionier Johann Merz - Infanterie Regiment 98, Minenwerfer Kompagnie.

    The complete Erkennungsmarke is a WWII era piece.

    Chip

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