Hi Bart,
While I do think Hoeidal's book is good, his section for abbreviations is far from comprehensive- I have seen authentic Schützen discs abbreviated 'Sch'. In my collection I have quite a few tags with abbreviations Hoeidal either doesn't mention at all, or mentions only a couple of possibilities for. 'Flak Scheinwerfer' is a perfect example- he only defines 'Schw' as 'schwer, schwere and Schwadron' and yet I have 3 discs that are all from Flak Scheinwerfer units that are marked 'Flak Schw.'- and they're definitely NOT heavy Flak units
I based my definition of our friend Angus' disc on the whole unit, not just one abbreviation- it made the most sense to be a Schützen Ersatz Kompanie. As Ian puts it, 'in context'. I've never heard of a 'Schutz Kompanie' is the other reason 
Now Ian, I don't doubt you as I considered this possibility myself, but I don't understand what the '2' refers to if this unit is 'Kompanie 73'. I'm glad you have a Soldbuch that actually has such an uncommon unit designation- that's great proof! However that still leaves the question what the number that usually indicates Kompanie means- what is the '1' in 1/Pi.-Ers.Kp. 263 supposed to indicate? WAIT...Unless for these independent Kompanies they actually show a man's ZUG (platoon)! That could be it. That's the only thing that makes sense... (right now
)
Take it easy guys.
Matt
While I do think Hoeidal's book is good, his section for abbreviations is far from comprehensive- I have seen authentic Schützen discs abbreviated 'Sch'. In my collection I have quite a few tags with abbreviations Hoeidal either doesn't mention at all, or mentions only a couple of possibilities for. 'Flak Scheinwerfer' is a perfect example- he only defines 'Schw' as 'schwer, schwere and Schwadron' and yet I have 3 discs that are all from Flak Scheinwerfer units that are marked 'Flak Schw.'- and they're definitely NOT heavy Flak units
I based my definition of our friend Angus' disc on the whole unit, not just one abbreviation- it made the most sense to be a Schützen Ersatz Kompanie. As Ian puts it, 'in context'. I've never heard of a 'Schutz Kompanie' is the other reason Now Ian, I don't doubt you as I considered this possibility myself, but I don't understand what the '2' refers to if this unit is 'Kompanie 73'. I'm glad you have a Soldbuch that actually has such an uncommon unit designation- that's great proof! However that still leaves the question what the number that usually indicates Kompanie means- what is the '1' in 1/Pi.-Ers.Kp. 263 supposed to indicate? WAIT...Unless for these independent Kompanies they actually show a man's ZUG (platoon)! That could be it. That's the only thing that makes sense... (right now
)Take it easy guys.
Matt
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