I haven't run onto any other TENO Wehrpass with combat entries. How do they stack up in terms of relative rarity?
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Technisches Btl. (mot) 3 belonged to the Pioniere branch of the Heer. It was formed 9.1.41, served as Heerestruppe in South Russia and North Caucasia; withdrew via Crimea and Romania to Hungary in 1944-45 and ended the war around Wien (Vienna). (from Tessin, Bd. II, p.189).
The TENO or TN (Technische Nothilfe = Technical Emergency Corps) on the other hand came under the Ordnungspolizei which in turn came under RF-SS Himmler in his capacity of Chef der deutschen Polizei (Chief of the German Police). (Handbook of German Military Forces, TM-E 30-451, 15 March 1945, pp.III-2/3).
So the bearer of thr WP belonged to the regular army and not to the TENO.
--BHS1956
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Right, These technical units were used for more complicated construction works than those usually done by Pioniere units as electric and water instalation, multilevel buildings, etc.
TENO was a typical emergency service used after air raids etc.
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p.s. BTW guys- show your TN tags - the typical are the ones saying TN and Stammrolle, but there are many un-typical ones ( I have one indicating Luftgau and one saying "TENO Pol.") Have anybody met some other models?
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Originally posted by RobertE View PostDogtag and BHS1956, I appreciate the help and clarification. Did these soldiers wear regular army uniforms? He's wearing something strange in his WP photo. s/f Robert
--BHS1956
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