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    Posted

    Hello!

    Today I´d like to show some photos of the so-called "Strich-Division" (208.Inf.Div.) The units of that divisions wore different symbols upon the forearm

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    208.Inf.Div. (Fernsprech-Abteilung 208, Stahlhelm Überzug, Ovalabzeichen, Strichdiviaion).JPG

    208.Inf.Div. (Fußart.Btl. 157, Portrait, Strichdivision).JPG

    208.Inf.Div. (Strichdivision, Res.Inf.Rgt.65, MG 08).JPG

    BUT!

    No-one wrote, that the drivers (Kraftfahr-Kolonne) could have an own symbol. A wheel would make sense.

    Or what else should this be???

    208.Inf.Div. (Kraftfahr- Kolonne 618).JPG

    Posted

    Great pics Andy !!!! :) yes....maybe a wheel

    May I ask where this is from? what book or source? and are there similiar sources for other units wearing symbols or other units in the same source? I sometimes find photos with symbols like that and (of course) I have noooooooooooo clue what they are meaning

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    Hi Andy,

    i read this post earlier this evening.

     

    Then just now I was sorting some cards away and spot this...

     

    If I’m not mistaken, he has the ‘square over line’ marking?

    Tunic seems to match too.

     

    I would never have noticed it another time.

     

    tony

     

     

     

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    Posted

    Hi Tony!

    Yes it is! Here we see Fußartillerie-Bataillon 157 (Heavy Artillery)!

    We also see the yellow shoulder straps for heavy artillery (M15). They appear black, that´s normally

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