Round ID Disc

[32InfDiv]

Hello here a id disc (backside) from my collection. It is from a coast flyer group a german luftwaffe unit. Someone ever has seen a tag like this or has similar examples? i think it was made by soldier himself and was worn on trousers belt or something like this. i think it is an unique piece but maybe the whole unit had tags like this?

[Napalm]

Hi and welcome onboard,
Can you post more up close photo;s please?

[32InfDiv]

Hello Napalm here more pictures. Unit is coast flyer group 406 (1. Staffel Küsten-Flieger-Gruppe 406). Disc is mark with 73043 Blood group and personal number. They fly He60 and He115! They throw aerial torpedo for example for u-boat hunting. It is an maritime air force unit. I think this id tag maybe cut out form an original blank disc. See the comparison pictures. Sorry i do not want to show the front of disc because can be material for fakers? Sorry for my bad english

Andreas

[Larry deZeng]

Could the round disc be from the Staffel's pre-war period? Perhaps round discs were used prior to 1 September 1939? Here is a little of its early history:


1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 406


Formation and Organization. (Mar 37)
Formed 1 April 1937 at Kiel-Holtenau as an (M) Staffel with He 60s, but renamed 1.(M)/Kü.Fl.Gr. 706 on 1 July 1937 (another source gives 1 October 1937) and replaced with the former 1.(M)/Kü.Fl.Gr. l06 at List on the island of Sylt with He 60s. Prior to August 1938 a conversion was made to the He 114, and by 1 September 1939 a further conversion had been made to the He 115, on which date it was at List with 8 on strength.

North Germany and Norway. (Sep 39 - Oct 44)
Sep 39: commenced offensive patrols over the North Sea shortly after Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September.
19 Sep 39: fought an inconclusive action with a RAF Hudson south of Mandal/Norway.
21 Oct 39: in its first major engagement, 4 He 115s were shot down 20 km off Flamborough Head by RAF Hurricanes out of a formation of 9 that attacked a convoy off the Humber Estuary on England’s east coast at a cost of 10 men missing, including 5 officers.
25 Qct 39: the Staffel was renamed 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 506 and replaced by renaming the Do 18-equipped 2./Kü.Fl.Gr. 506.
29 Nov 39: operating from Hörnum, 2 Do 18s flying mine-laying sorties were shot up and forced down off the southern coast of Norway between Egersund and Mandal, both 100%, 8 reported MIA.
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