FJ dogtag from Gustav line

[lucalocatelli]

Dear all,
just found a dog tag marked as follow:

62849/241

any idea of the unit?
Regards,
Luca

[daflocki007]

Hi,

7./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1

daflocki007

[lucalocatelli]

thank you very much!

Luca

[ZAM]

Wow, that was the unit of my grandpa in Italy!

Best regards

[lucalocatelli]

Thanks ZAM,
Pictures are coming soon

Luca

[W Petz]

Posting the FJ Erkennungsmarke for Luca

[fox-terier]

Good one. This is the photo of mine. If those dog tags were ever issued those solders should knew each other. Unfortunately it is as probable as that dog tags were never issued.
Regards,
Piotr

[H BABERT]

Good one. This is the photo of mine. If those dog tags were ever issued those solders should knew each other. Unfortunately it is as probable as that dog tags were never issued.
Regards,
Piotr

Hello
never issued? Why?

regards
Herlé

[fox-terier]

Situation in which a soldier lost his dog tag in action was common. I remember that I saw information that it might happen to approximmately 20% of soldiers. In such a situation, a soldier received a new dog tag (from unit in which he was in that moment), which was noted in his Wehrpass / Soldbuch. That is why every unit HQ had prestamped replacement dog tags in number that equals 20% of soldiers in this unit. Such a dog tags groups are quite often found. They are 100% original but they were never used by soldiers.
Regards,
Piotr