unit symbols ?

[i.spring]

Hi Guys. I was wondering if can anyone tell me what unit symbols are shown below? any help would be warmyl welcome. Thanks. Ian

[i.spring]

any ideas ?
Ian

[R MICHAEL]

well Ian the upper left appears to be a tactical symbol. The one on bottom left unk. to me (maybe a better scan) the two on rt. appear to be from a werfer abt. cannot remember the number designation.

mike

[i.spring]

Thanks Mike.
I had a quick look on ww2daybyday and found a few different units for the crossed turkish swords, but dont have any idea which one? theres about 8 to choose from. All i know is that these vechicles were a part of a mechanised unit on the initial invasion of russia 1941.
Thanks.
Ian

[jmark]

Bottom right and top right look like the crossed swords of Meissen... possibly 94.Inf.Div. Also, the number plate on lower right is a very early number. Any rough idea where the photos were taken?

Jason

[i.spring]

Thats very interesting Jason. These images came from a collection found in a town called Halle in eastern germany. Halle is in Saxony and is a quick drive from Meissen. So this might make good sense. Also my girlfriend is from Leipzig, so iv actually visited all these great towns, including Meissen with its fantastic porcelen factory and Halle with its famous law collage :-)
Thanks Jason.
Ill be adding more images from this new collection this weekend.
Ian

[Larry deZeng]

Halle/Saale was the pre-war and wartime location of the Luftwaffe's signals school. Tens of thousands of Luftnachrichtentruppen were trained there, including officers.

--Larry

[i.spring]

maybe these might help guess what mechanised unit this photographer was attached too ? 1941 Russia i think. I also think i saw one photo with a truck with a big K on the front plate. Im going to scan that and post it up also.
Thanks for all your help.
Ian

[i.spring]

here is a zoom of of a unit symbol i dont know and is seen in a few of my photos, can some one identify it ?
Thanks. Ian

[Simon O.]

Well we can place the photos, it looks like it's on what is today the Ukrainian\Polish border NW of Lvov (Lviv), Zamosc is on Poland, and Krystynopol had it's name changed in the 50s, Sokal is to the north of it.

You can have a go with the unit symbols yourself http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/

As you'll see several units used the crossed swords but you must bear in mind that there are many that remain unknown, particularly amongst the smaller non-division size units.

[jmark]

here is a zoom of of a unit symbol i dont know and is seen in a few of my photos, can some one identify it ?
Thanks. Ian

Hi Ian,

This symbol looks very similar to that of Panzerjäger-Abteilung 521. Here's a pic from one of my albums.

Jason

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[jmark]

here is a zoom of of a unit symbol i dont know and is seen in a few of my photos, can some one identify it ?
Thanks. Ian

...and a close-up, together with a clear drawing of the symbol borrowed from www.wwiidaybyday.com. They're not exactly the same but they are similar to yours.

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[Akira Takiguchi]

Jason, it can't be 521st (your picture is superb by the way!), it's different.

Ian, both crossed swords of Meissen and Jägermeister symbol are too widely used to make a quick decision. Here's one Jägermeister symbol on a PKW. You should try hard to examine all pictures from the same group and find an answer yourself. Simon has made informative suggestions.

[Simon O.]

Another observation, the triangular flag symbol on the two trucks suggest they're part of that unit's stab or HQ element.

[i.spring]

Thanks every one for all your great help and information. I just got this lot in the post this week and was excited to find out which unit they were taken in. So youv given me a great start ! many thanks. Ian