Heer The remains of Kurt Knispel

[Laurence Strong]

The remains of a German soldier regarded as the world’s greatest ever tank ace have been found in a grave the Czech Republic.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/tiger-in-the-tank-historians-find-body-of-german-war-hero.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiger-in-the-tank-historians-find-body-of-german-war-hero

Larry

[hucks216]

Makes you wonder how well preserved the body was if they used a tattoo to identify him. After 66 years in the ground you would of thought that all that remained was the skeleton.

[Laurence Strong]

Thought crossed my mind as well......

Larry

[Martin W]

I beleive they also identified him by the dog tag they found.

Regards,Martin.

[Laurence Strong]

Makes you wonder how well preserved the body was if they used a tattoo to identify him. After 66 years in the ground you would of thought that all that remained was the skeleton.

True, and as previously stated I also thought about that question. However upon further reflection a body can last for quite some time if the ground conditions (low to no oxygen, wet, acidic etc) are right. Not that it would be a pretty sight though.

A good case in point would be the neolithic corpses pulled from peat bogs...

I beleive they also identified him by the dog tag they found.

Regards,Martin.

Hello Martin

Is that Kurt Knispel's Erkennungsmarke?

Larry

Edited April 27, 2013 by Laurence Strong

[Martin W]

Hello Martin

Is that Kurt Knispel's Erkennungsmarke?

Larry

Hi Larry,

i beleive it is.

The subject was recently discussed on the GCA forum.

For the sake of discussion in regards to this subject i will post the GCA thread below with thanks to Jirka and i hope this is OK to post this link here at GMIC.

There are some intersesting images here,but the text in most of the links are in the Czech language.

Regards,Martin

.http://www.germancombatawards.com/thread.php?threadid=40536

Edited April 27, 2013 by Martin W

[Laurence Strong]

Thanks for the links Martin

Larry

Edited April 27, 2013 by Laurence Strong