More from the POW camp

[kev69elf]

That looks smart mate I like that may be one day ill have found enough to do the same

[WhiteHunter]

Nice finds, but i found it hard to see them. Have you managed to track down any of the tags?

[RRPG]

Excellent display.

It's a shame that German dogtags are virtually impossible to trace back to the original owner. The German government will only disclose such info to relatives of the soldier. You can find out the unit to which the soldier belonged, but that's usually about it for tracing German dogtags. The ones I have have now all been traced to units, but no further.



RRPG

[Wansdyke44]

It wasn't cut out of the buckle, it ended up like that as the buckle fell apart in the soil after nearly 70 years. My mother (fount of wisdom) says that maybe it was trod on by a Dartmoor pony. We'll never know.

Maybe it was deliberately cut from the buckle? Very nice display of finds also.

[WhiteHunter]

It wasn't cut out of the buckle, it ended up like that as the buckle fell apart in the soil after nearly 70 years. My mother (fount of wisdom) says that maybe it was trod on by a Dartmoor pony. We'll never know.

Maybe it was deliberately cut from the buckle? Very nice display of finds also.

That's what i was thinking

[Christoph1945]

Excellent display.

It's a shame that German dogtags are virtually impossible to trace back to the original owner. The German government will only disclose such info to relatives of the soldier. You can find out the unit to which the soldier belonged, but that's usually about it for tracing German dogtags. The ones I have have now all been traced to units, but no further.



RRPG

I wonder if there are any web sites for old comrades from german units that served in WW2?

Chris

[Wansdyke44]

I wonder if there are any web sites for old comrades from german units that served in WW2?

Chris

Chris,
This query was answered some time ago. Just need to search the forum....

See this thread:
http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/vi ... 120&t=7056" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Christoph1945]

Thanks for that; I will have a peep.

Chris

[T2DEVON]

Great find for down here

[Dean (Ajax)]

Interesting finds...there was a POW Camp not far from me..the buildings are still there and I cannot get permission to hunt that area..however I have permission to hunt the area that once had the Guards Quarters..that field is hydro seeded so they do not plough..when the light is right you can still make out the road around the camp.

I found 3 German Badges..some .45 rounds and a hand made ring..

Dean

[Dadinator]

That is a great find.
I like your display case too

[Wansdyke44]

Interesting finds...there was a POW Camp not far from me..the buildings are still there and I cannot get permission to hunt that area..however I have permission to hunt the area that once had the Guards Quarters..that field is hydro seeded so they do not plough..when the light is right you can still make out the road around the camp.

I found 3 German Badges..some .45 rounds and a hand made ring..

Dean

Dean,
Any chance you can post photos of the badges you found?

[lewscope79]

De nazified belt buckle. emblem was probably intentionally removed from it.