Oh, quite true, but you guys have already been extremely generous with your information thus far and I didn't want to ask too much at once 
The Jnf. xxx Ers. Kp. has always been an odd unit to me and a type I've wanted to understand for some time now. Certainly it would be interesting to know about other unit types, but that'll be a lot more research. And, as has been said a number of times already, with all the movement of men, changing of unit designations, locations, etc.,
... there won't ever be a nice, clear answer to any of this.
You're quite right too about identity discs- they can give virtually no field unit information at times. Then again, sometimes with just one piece of evidence, a lot can be discovered. A few years ago I bought a disc that had been recovered in Volgograd (Stalingrad), marked 'Jnf. Pz. Jäg. Ers. Kp. 4'. Until yesterday, I really wasn't sure what field unit this soldier might have served in. But now that I know (pretty much for sure
) that the 4 refers to Infanterie-Ersatz-Regiment 4, so I know that means this soldier could have been posted to one of Infanterie-Regiments 10, 52 or 103 (all part of the 4. Infanterie-Division). The 4. Infanterie-Division was reorganized on 15.8.1940 to create the 14. Panzer-Division, which, starting in November 1942, was attached to the 6. Armee at Stalingrad!
Matt
The Jnf. xxx Ers. Kp. has always been an odd unit to me and a type I've wanted to understand for some time now. Certainly it would be interesting to know about other unit types, but that'll be a lot more research. And, as has been said a number of times already, with all the movement of men, changing of unit designations, locations, etc.,
... there won't ever be a nice, clear answer to any of this. You're quite right too about identity discs- they can give virtually no field unit information at times. Then again, sometimes with just one piece of evidence, a lot can be discovered. A few years ago I bought a disc that had been recovered in Volgograd (Stalingrad), marked 'Jnf. Pz. Jäg. Ers. Kp. 4'. Until yesterday, I really wasn't sure what field unit this soldier might have served in. But now that I know (pretty much for sure
) that the 4 refers to Infanterie-Ersatz-Regiment 4, so I know that means this soldier could have been posted to one of Infanterie-Regiments 10, 52 or 103 (all part of the 4. Infanterie-Division). The 4. Infanterie-Division was reorganized on 15.8.1940 to create the 14. Panzer-Division, which, starting in November 1942, was attached to the 6. Armee at Stalingrad!Matt
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