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I found some information on one of the German dogtags you posted DeathHand
Gebirgsjäger plate:
Plate excavation identity: What does the following marks:
"ST.KP.N.2706 A. and GEB.JAG.ERS.RGT.139"
This plate clearly belongs to the 139 Regiment who Gebirgsjäger
Narvik has participated in the battles in 1940 and Finland, Ukraine, Hungary,
Slovakia towards the end of the war.
Sorry but I do not know the meaning of the letters of the beginning.
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Mathieu
Reply complement to the nameplate all Gebirsjager
Unit Company of Staff of the 139th Regiment Reserve
Hunter "Alpine".
Unique Number: 2706 and RH: A
Gerard S
3rd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)
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3. Gebirgs-Division
(English: 3rd Mountain Division)
Eduard Dietl – first commander of the 3rd Mountain Division
Active Raised April 1, 1938, Surrendered 1945
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Heer
Type Mountain Division
Part of Created as 3. Gebirgs-Divisionin 1940.
Garrison/HQ Graz
Commanders
Notable
commanders Generaloberst Eduard Dietl
General der Gebirgstruppen Julius Ringel
The 3rd Mountain Division (German: 3 Gebirgs-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was created from the Austrian Army's 5th and 7th Divisions following the Anschluss in 1938.
History[edit]
The division took part in the Invasion of Poland 1939 as part of Army Group South, but was transferred to garrison the West Wall before the end of the campaign. In 1940 it joined the invasion of Norway, most famously sending its 139th Mountain Regiment under General Eduard Dietl to seize the ice-free Arctic port of Narvik. The Allies briefly managed to take the town back, but abandoned it to the Germans after the invasion of France.
In 1941 the division moved into Lapland to participate in Operation Silberfuchs, the attack on the Soviet Arctic as part ofOperation Barbarossa, but failed to capture Murmansk. The division was withdrawn to Germany for rehabilitation at the end of the year, but left its 139th Mountain Infantry Regiment behind to operate independently. After rehabilitation, the division returned to Norway in 1942, where it served as a reserve. It was then transferred to the Eastern Front, where it served as a reserve for Army Group North near Leningrad. In November 1942 it was committed to the front where the Soviets had surrounded Velikiye Luki, and then transferred to the far south to help in the attempt to relieve Stalingrad. It fought the remainder of the war in the south, retreating with the front lines through the Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, and finally surrendering to the Soviets in Silesia at the end of the war.
Austrian-born German snipers Sepp Allerberger and Matthäus Hetzenauer served in the Eastern Front as part of the division.
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Awesome, Funkleburger. Hopefully the hunters who found it turned it in.I found some information on one of the German dogtags you posted DeathHand
Gebirgsjäger plate:
Plate excavation identity: What does the following marks:
"ST.KP.N.2706 A. and GEB.JAG.ERS.RGT.139"
This plate clearly belongs to the 139 Regiment who Gebirgsjäger
Narvik has participated in the battles in 1940 and Finland, Ukraine, Hungary,
Slovakia towards the end of the war.
Sorry but I do not know the meaning of the letters of the beginning.
Best Regards
Mathieu
After reading your post, I wound up doing the same thing. Time I posted up some more.
Along with recovery teams and hunters finding items such as weapons, ammo, equipment, belt buckles, helmets, personal effects, coins, buttons, human remains, etc. there is another side to the Relics of WW2.
This other side involves much larger relics that are often difficult to find once nature moves in to reclaim the land. These relics are scattered throughout Europe, some are sitting in the bushes just off to the sides of roads or in a treed area behind a farm. Some are right out in the open on beaches and cliffs that look out onto the Atlantic Ocean.
During World War II the Germans built thousands of concrete bunkers/fortifications that are often found by someone accidentally stumbling upon them in a forest.
WW2 German Bunkers ~ Set 1.
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This other side involves much larger relics that are often difficult to find once nature moves in to reclaim the land. These relics are scattered throughout Europe, some are sitting in the bushes just off to the sides of roads or in a treed area behind a farm. Some are right out in the open on beaches and cliffs that look out onto the Atlantic Ocean.
During World War II the Germans built thousands of concrete bunkers/fortifications that are often found by someone accidentally stumbling upon them in a forest.
WW2 German Bunkers ~ Set 1.
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Some of these German bunkers are simple structures involving a command post, solderis quarters and perhaps a gunner pill box or two.
Other bunkers are large fortifications that were built deep underground with winding passages, numerous rooms, ventilation systems, generators, etc.
WW2 German Bunkers ~ Set 3.
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Other bunkers are large fortifications that were built deep underground with winding passages, numerous rooms, ventilation systems, generators, etc.
WW2 German Bunkers ~ Set 3.
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Krazy 8
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Just shows how determined the Bosch were at digging in keeping claimed teritory!!
Awesome pics guys thanks a lot, it looks like the german artifacts were made of the best quality because they are the most intact.
da3ley
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thanks again, love theseStill a ton more to come...just trying to clear out the images that I forgot I had, lol.
da3ley
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i hope this doesn't seem asinine, but is it ok if i save some of these rare pics of yours and download them? to your credit obviously..a true rarity and the clarity is amazing...
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