Tag named Help! 69th Regiment Hauptamt Artillery tunic.

[H.Guderian]

Tag named Help! 69th Regiment Hauptamt Artillery tunic.
Any idea of the owner of this beautiful tunic?
All help is really appreciate it,
George

[H.Guderian]

A good friend suggested me:

Kraft

February 1944

[pauke]

try

If you can flatten the label out smoothly and make an image under black light that would be useful.

[H.Guderian]

If you can flatten the label out smoothly and make an image under black light that would be useful.

I can try it but I have to get a new one since I broke the last one I had!

Anyway the ink will be clearer with it?

[H.Guderian]

Back again with new photos ( With black light ) But lamentably ( I cannot read anything else...)
And the military career from the 69th Artillery Regiment:

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...rtReg/AR69.htm

Is there any officer's list from this Regiment where I can find the owner?

[Simon O.]

As it is, i'm struggling to see how this tunic can be right or at least untouched. 79 makes sense, but not 69.

[H.Guderian]

As it is, i'm struggling to see how this tunic can be right or at least untouched. 79 makes sense, but not 69.

Can you explain why? For what I know the tunic is 100 % untouched.

[Simon O.]

Well, i could ask you the same question. How do you square the story the tunic tells?

[H.Guderian]

Any help is really appreciate, or if somebody has an officer list from this 69 Artillery Regiment.

[Simon O.]

Any help is really appreciate, or if somebody has an officer list from this 69 Artillery Regiment.

I think it's going to be highly unlikely, AR 69 wasn't a homogeneous regiment, it's stab and both battalions were separate and widely spread apart with different armies.

As for the story the tunic tells. AR 69 wasn't a gebirgs artillerie unit, the pre-war battalion that became one of the battalions of GAR 79 and it's obviously not a pre-war tunic. In other words, the number 69 and the edelweiss is not a combination that fits together. I could perhaps see a transfer late-war and GAR 79 does lend itself, especially looking at the different coloured numbers. A long shot though, but officers lists from GAR 79 would be worth a look.

with regard to officer lists, the comings and goings of officers was a constant revolving door so no single list would be enough.

[H.Guderian]

I think it's going to be highly unlikely, AR 69 wasn't a homogeneous regiment, it's stab and both battalions were separate and widely spread apart with different armies.

As for the story the tunic tells. AR 69 wasn't a gebirgs artillerie unit, the pre-war battalion that became one of the battalions of GAR 79 and it's obviously not a pre-war tunic. In other words, the number 69 and the edelweiss is not a combination that fits together. I could perhaps see a transfer late-war and GAR 79 does lend itself, especially looking at the different coloured numbers. A long shot though, but officers lists from GAR 79 would be worth a look.

with regard to officer lists, the comings and goings of officers was a constant revolving door so no single list would be enough.[/QUOTE]

Sorry for the delay and thanks for your answer.

Completely agree with almost all you say. If you need detailed pics, I can do it, no problem.

In my honest opinion I believe in it, why not use the edelways if this guy was member of the Gar79 and earned it?

A good friend told to ask here, if some good collector had a list from this regiment or why not the Gar 79? I'm aware that is a difficult research but I always like to do it with the stuff I have ¨try to find, and understands the history¨ behind every piece.

[H.Guderian]

A good friend found something:
Heinrich Kraft ¨Jäger/Geb.Jäger¨ was promoted Hauptamt ( Captain ) On Dec. 1st 1942. On that time he was in the Art.Regiment 5 ( Inside the 5. Jäg.Div )
Artillery Regiment 5:
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... derung.htm

After that We don't know when he was transferred to the 69th Artillery Regiment.

Any other info?

[FestungSpanien]

I've had that tunic in my hands and except for the eagle I recall everything being originally sewn to it or at least being there for a long time. It is a nice combat tunic.
As for the owners tag name I don't think I can read Kraft and would also say that there are more letters after your guessed name.

[H.Guderian]

I've had that tunic in my hands and except for the eagle I recall everything being originally sewn to it or at least being there for a long time. It is a nice combat tunic.
As for the owners tag name I don't think I can read Kraft and would also say that there are more letters after your guessed name.

Thanks for your comments my friend!

A fellow friend suggests that the final of the surname can finish in tz better than ft.