duch ss

[patrick h]

hi there,who can help me with this,i have a stamp of de 3/landwacht niederlande,my question is this,i know there was a 1/landwacht niederlande reg.,but is there also a second and third?

[Ian Jewison]

Hello Patrick H,

This actually means 3 Kompanie, Landwacht niederlande and not to be mistaken as the Regiment...1/landwacht niederlande would indicate 1 Kompanie and so on...

If it was a Regiment you expect at least 2 Battalions (I. and II.) each containing 3 or 4 Kompanien!

Regards, Ian

[patrick h]

hi Ian,thanks for the quick respons.i saw at feldgrau.com that in the 34 ss freiwillgen gren.div.landstorm nederland exists the ss gren.regiment landwacht niederlande.So if i understand you well,my stamp can be okay because of the fact that a reg.has for at least 4 komp.and my stamp is III/landwacht niederlande.Am i wright?Thankzzz.

[Ian Jewison]

Hi Patrick,

It sounds OK...just to confirm things :

If it is written 3/ then that denotes the 3 Kompanie.
If it is written III/ then that denotes III Bataillon.

If the Regiment had 3 Battalions then there should not be any problems....which I believe it did anyway, however when was the unit transformed into 34 SS
Freiwillgen Gren.Div.Landstorm Nederland ?

I am not sure of the stucture before the changes!

/Ian

[patrick h]

Hi IAn,i don't know when they transfered to the 34,but what i know is that my stamp says:III/landwacht niederlande and the regiment is SS gren.regiment 1 landwacht niederlande,that is all i know for now.Thankzzzz