Any Help With This Tag

[muddyboots]

I was looking at this tag and I have never seen one with a J.Ers. I read that the J was a substitute for the i in infantry. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[pauke]

yes

That is correct the "J" is actually an "I".

[muddyboots]

That is correct the "J" is actually an "I".

Thank you for your help and I have not seen any groups marked with a J except a infantry soldier although there are jag but I don’t think they would make the mistake for jager being marked with with a J.

[naxos]

As Pauke said

The reason " J " was used instead of an " I " for military abbreviations, is so it won't be confused with the Roman cipher " I "

[rove]

Infanterie Ersatz Battallion

[muddyboots]

Thanks for the help everyone and is there anyway to trace a year out of it. I am assuming it is a mid to late war tag because it is a well used replacement tag and not a unit tag?

[Gorg]

Hello,

Every soldier receive a tag from a replacement unit, because it's always their 1st unit. And they keep this tag even if they change of unit.
Yours is a late due to the high number (for the 1st coy of this battalion).

Greg.

[Archi]

Hello !

In addition to what has been said, regarding the date, this was issued:
The tag must have been issued before some time in Nov. 1942, as after that date, all Infanterie-Ersatz units
became redesignated as Grenadier-Ersatz units (and the J would have been changed into Gren.).

And on the other hand, as already stated, it can't be issued very early into the war, because of the high number.

Here are some infos on the replacement unit :
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...rsBat480-R.htm
At the very bottom, there are some units listed, that received replacements from Inf.Ers.Btl. 480.
So this could be a hint, but he could have also ended up in a total different unit.

Best regards,

Archi

[muddyboots]

Hello !

In addition to what has been said, regarding the date, this was issued:
The tag must have been issued before some time in Nov. 1942, as after that date, all Infanterie-Ersatz units
became redesignated as Grenadier-Ersatz units (and the J would have been changed into Gren.).

And on the other hand, as already stated, it can't be issued very early into the war, because of the high number.

Here are some infos on the replacement unit :
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...rsBat480-R.htm
At the very bottom, there are some units listed, that received replacements from Inf.Ers.Btl. 480.
So this could be a hint, but he could have also ended up in a total different unit.

Best regards,

Archi

The link was very helpful and there is a possibility that this tag could be a late war tag being that they renamed the battalion back to Infanterie Ersatz Battalion 480 on March 26, 1945.

[naxos]

... there is a possibility that this tag could be a late war tag being that they renamed the battalion back to Infanterie Ersatz Battalion 480 on March 26, 1945.

No, it can not be a late war tag ( as Archi said) - On March 26, 1945 the Bataillon was re-mobilized as Grenadier-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Bataillon 480


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[Archi]

Hello !

1.) I totally agree with naxos. And I am sorry, if the link was partially misleading .

2.) From your response, it might be worth to clarify one point :
As Gorg already stated, the EKM typically only displays the unit, the soldier was first inducted to (and trained).
When he was sent to a frontline unit later on, the EKM would not change.
So the EKM usually does not reflect the unit, a soldier served in most of his time, but only the very first one,
in a sequence of units.

Hope this helps, best regards,

Archi

[muddyboots]

No, it can not be a late war tag ( as Archi said) - On March 26, 1945 the Bataillon was re-mobilized as Grenadier-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Bataillon 480


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I was using a bing translator and it said Infanterie Esratz Battalion 480 instead of Grenadier. The translator must not be accurate.👍