ErwinZ Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Anyone has an idea what unit? If it helps the soldier is reading a leaflet from Köln (the city). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvBacon Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 It would be good to see the whole photo so it's easier to assess what branch/time period etc he's from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinZ Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 That was the plan, but something went wrong I guess. Here's the full soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Hi, looks to be a Minenwerfer guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvBacon Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Awesome Cris, that's totally what it looks like. Here is a patch from Rastatt Wehrgeschichtliche Museum. It does loook like the patch on the photo has a MW and 18 or 118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvBacon Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Here are two more examples: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinZ Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 Thx. Most likely it is one of the abteilungen which formed the Minenwerfer Kompanie 221. So the number might be 19 or 113. Too bad there's a crease right on the number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) As the first letter is neither a "S" nor a "L" for "schwere" or "leichte", it is either Mittlere Minenwerfer Abt. 18 or 118. Maybe Cron has the details. The guy wearing it is an Unteroffizier. In the photo of Rastatt Wehrgeschichtliche Museum the shoulder borad with MW G 173, the "G" stands for "Gebirgs-" The last photo of OvBacon nicely shows that Pionier Bataillon 15 (Flaps) was responsible for the formation of at least two Minenwerfer units, as all wear the same flaps but different patches denoting the specific Minenwerfer-Einheit. GreyC Edited April 28, 2020 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hello! Absolutely right! Minenwerfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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