And an interesting insurance certificate, after the war he work for a few months in the "Stahlwerke Braunschweig"
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And a photo, in the Dorfler book , of the 71 ID first war cemetery in France in 1940 .... and in a original photo of the same cemetery....Comment
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And finally the closeup of Wilhelm , another artilleryman in Rimini and Gemmano in September 1944 with 171 Art. Reg....Comment
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I think many forum users will be interesting to see the original badge of this division
Here's my cap badge 71 Inf Division
Found near Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad)
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It's always a pleasure read your story!
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Wow, never seen a badge like that before. How big is it? I've got lots of photos of 71.Inf.Div. in action but this badge is not visible in any photos. Perhaps it's field-made.Originally posted by Eugeniu View PostI think many forum users will be interesting to see the original badge of this division
Here's my cap badge 71 Inf Division
Found near Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad)
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These Badges are very rarely found near VolgogradOriginally posted by jmark View Post
It is 100% original, made during the war
material lead
size about 3 cm
Here is a photo from one Russian forum as these badges have been found
My badge is one of these I bought one of the people who find them
Eugeniu
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interesting! never seen before, seem very rough castings....Originally posted by jmark View Post
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I finished the Wehrpass and now a Soldbuch,
very threadbare and of a "Stab" soldier, without awards , but with a special site-note (for me)
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Wilhem Telartz, of Twisteden farmer, born in 1906, enlisted in November 1942,Comment
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first in Landesschützen Battalion 491 in Germany, then in Italy in the Grenadier Regiment 191 of of 71 IDComment
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other pages of the soldbuch... vaccination equipmentComment
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his rifle etcComment
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