Hi all
Thought I would show you a recent purchase. A common Black Wound badge Urkunde to a soldier in 1./Panzer Grenadier Btl 287.
On the face of it nothing special but this unit was part of Sonderverband 287 also referred to as the Deutsche Arabische Legion. They were formed in late 1942 with a mix of Arabs and German cadre from the Brandenbergers.
His unit didn't go to Africa, they went with Army Group South into southern Russia to push into the Caucasus and spead muslim influence in the area and stir up local support to help fight the British.
The long term goal of Sonderverband 287 was to loop round towards Egypt and eventually join with the forces fighting in North Africa.
Looks like Ahlborn was wounded in the fighting around Terek on the Kalmyk Steppe and returned to Germany. The whole unit returned to Germany a few months later was renamed Gren Regt (mot) 92 and ended up in the Balkans.
I don't know what fate Ahlborn had and he's not listed on the Volksbund.
Hope you like it.
Darren
Thought I would show you a recent purchase. A common Black Wound badge Urkunde to a soldier in 1./Panzer Grenadier Btl 287.
On the face of it nothing special but this unit was part of Sonderverband 287 also referred to as the Deutsche Arabische Legion. They were formed in late 1942 with a mix of Arabs and German cadre from the Brandenbergers.
His unit didn't go to Africa, they went with Army Group South into southern Russia to push into the Caucasus and spead muslim influence in the area and stir up local support to help fight the British.
The long term goal of Sonderverband 287 was to loop round towards Egypt and eventually join with the forces fighting in North Africa.
Looks like Ahlborn was wounded in the fighting around Terek on the Kalmyk Steppe and returned to Germany. The whole unit returned to Germany a few months later was renamed Gren Regt (mot) 92 and ended up in the Balkans.
I don't know what fate Ahlborn had and he's not listed on the Volksbund.
Hope you like it.
Darren
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