Stalingrad unit ?

[Pitomnik]

This device was found in Stalingrad battlefield .
Is this unit emblem ?
Thanks .

[Pitomnik]

In right part of flag small emblem - may be 44 ID ?

[Pitomnik]

[oldflagswanted]

unit emblem ???

This device was found in Stalingrad battlefield .
Is this unit emblem ?
Thanks .

Hello Pitomnik:
Interesting item. Indeed appears to be a German
military unit emblem HQ marker. Looked around
for a spotted lion, rabbit, cat, etc., but did not
find, so far, any matching figure. Red background
likely, IMO, means it was used by an artillery unit.
Checked several online emblems sources such as
http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/emblems/heer/emblems1main.htm
OFW
(below) German unit marker examples in the field...

[Pitomnik]

Thanks ! But I have not found on this sources.....
One more version - this flag has a small wappen - like a emblem of 44 Inf.Div !

[oldflagswanted]

German 44th ID at Stalingrad ???

...flag has a small wappen - like a emblem of 44 Inf.Div !

Pitomnik:
WW2 German Army OB sources indeed have the
44th ID (Austrian Reichsgrenadierdivision Hoch-und-
Deutschmeister) listed as "virtually destroyed at
Stalingrad in Jan 1943."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_%28Wehrmacht%29
OFW
(below) 44th ID Units

• Infantry Regiment 131
• Infantry Regiment 132
• Infantry Regiment 134
• Artillery Regiment 96 <--------- pennant unit ???
  
• Reconnaissance Battalion 44
• Field Replacement Battalion 44
• Anti-Tank Battalion 44 (Motorised)
• Pioneer Battalion 80
• Signals Battalion 64
• Divisional Supply Troops 44

[Pitomnik]

Small addition of my mind !
1. This is - Lynx !
2. I found similar wappen with lynx - is wappen of "Luchs im Wappen derer von Lossow"

[Pitomnik]

Otto von Lossow -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Lossow

[oldflagswanted]

found pennant ???

Otto von Lossow -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Lossow

Pitomnik:
Not a Lynx IMO, based on spots and tail. Also
noted OvL was awarded the Austria-Hungary
Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with Crown and
Swords, a War Decoration. But bio has him as
a Bavarian, rather than an Austrian - Austria
being the likely origin unit of the metal pennant.
Would love to hear more about where & how
the posted battlefield pennant was found.
OFW

[Pitomnik]

This pennant was found in "Donbogen" area (near Stalingrad).
The basic color - is Rosa (not red) .
The color of shield - is "silver/red" .
Pennent has one more shield under top layer of a paint !

[jmark]

What about Major Jobst von Lossow, commander of Panzerjäger-Abteilung 46? A rose-coloured triangular pennant seems apt for a panzerjäger unit, and as 44.Inf.Div. was in the Don Bend, everything seems to fit.

If this pennant is for Pz.Jg.Abt.46, then it is a very exciting discovery. I have more info about von Lossow in required.

Jason

[Pitomnik]

Bingo Jason !!!!!))))))
Thanks !

[jmark]

You're welcome.

That is the first ground-dug item that has interested me. Very nice find! Did you record the exact location where it was found? Maybe up near Sirotinskaya?

Jason

[oldflagswanted]

More Jobst von Lossow info ???




WW2 German Army OB sources indeed have the

...Major Jobst von Lossow, commander of
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 46? A rose-coloured
triangular pennant seems apt for a panzerjäger
unit, and as 44.Inf.Div. was in the Don Bend...
I have more info about von Lossow in required.
Jason

Hello Jason:
Interesting, was JvL an Austrian? Wondering how
he managed to survive capture at Stalingrad?
OFW
(below) 44th ID OB update from ...
http://www.stalingrad.net/german-hq/divisions/road_to_stalingrad_44.htm
44. Infanterie Division - Vienna,
Destroyed units
44th Inf. Division Stab
Infanterie-Regiment 131
Infanterie-Regiment 132
Infanterie-Regiment 133
Artillerie-Regiment 96
Artillerie-Regiment1/97
Panzer Jäger-Abteilung 46 <------ "rosa" pennant unit ???
Pioneer-Battallion 80
Nachrichten-Abteilung 64
Nachsch. Tr 44
Verplegung Amt 44
Schlächter. Kompanie 44
San. Kompanie 44
Kr. Kraftw. Zug 44
and from WAF thread t=332947, in Jan 2009
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332947
"Lossow von, Jobst, Awarded DKIG on 20.09.1942. ...went
throw the Stalingrad campaign, His unit was also involved
in the bitterly contested battles of the Gothic line, ..."

[Pitomnik]

One more Bingo, Jason !
This pennant was found near Sirotinskaya !