Infantrie Regiment 75 war souvenir

[Ernst60]

Hi all:
I have a wooden souvenir plate, apparently picked up by a German soldier as they marched into Czechoslovakia 'Einmarsch in die Cechoslowakei 1938'. On the lower edge it has the soldier's name , etc. ' Obergefr. E. W. Schleh 14/ J.R. 75'. I understand this to mean 'Obergefreiter E.W. Schleh 14 Battalion of the 75th Infantry Regiment.' Is this correct? How can I learn more about this soldier and his unit??
-Ernst

[nellyp51]

Very cool indeed

[Simon O.]

the 14 refers to kompanie not bataillon. Think it was either the anti-tank or infantry gun kompanie, not sure which.

FYI, when reading unit abbreviations like this, if it's written 14./J.R.75 then it refers to a kompanie and if it's written II./J.R.75 then it refers to a bataillon. ie. arabic numerals for companies and roman numerals for battalions.

If you want to find out more about the unit then i guess your best bet would be to look up one of the books dealing with the 5 Infanterie Division, later converted to a Jäger Division.

Like this one
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