Laurence Strong Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Thought crossed my mind as well...... Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I beleive they also identified him by the dog tag they found. Regards,Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the links Martin Larry Edited April 27, 2013 by Laurence Strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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