1936 dated and named 4/JR92 belt and buckle

[mevm36]

Several years ago I was fortunate to find the following 1936 dated belt and buckle named to the 4th Infantry Division, 92 Jager Regiment.

Marcus

[Kurt Leimbach]

The stamp is for 4th company of Infantry Regiment 92.

[klr]

It is Infantry but always nice to find unit marked items.

[mevm36]

The stamp is for 4th company of Infantry Regiment 92.

Thanks for the information. Is the “J” old script for “I” or is the “J” actually a J. If the latter holds true, then JR is the abbreviation for “Jageregiment” and I.R. would be “Infanterie Regiment”. So this could possibly be 4 company 92 Jager Regiment? Regardless, I am attempting to confirm which regiments were formed by 1936, as I am aware there were approximately 36 divisions with approximately 3 regiments per division in the German army in 1936.

Marcus

[Kurt Leimbach]

On unit stamps, J was commonly used to denote the capital „I“ so it couldn’t be confused with the small „l“ (as in e. g. language). According to “Lexikon der Wehrmacht”, who state their list is complete, there was no Jäger-Regiment 92.

[mevm36]

Thanks Kurt, I very much appreciate this information. It would certainly be helpful then if I could confirm when this regiment was formed. I also see that this regiment also may have had a connection to Stalingrad which is very interesting to me as I had a great uncle who fought and was wounded quite badly in the leg there. He was extremely lucky to be one of the last people to be airlifted out of Stalingrad on the last flight. He passed away in the late 70’s, his wartime wound being a contributing factor.

Marcus

On unit stamps, J was commonly used to denote the capital „I“ so it couldn’t be confused with the small „l“ (as in e. g. language). According to “Lexikon der Wehrmacht”, who state their list is complete, there was no Jäger-Regiment 92.

[Kurt Leimbach]

From the short unit history at „Lexikon der Wehrmacht“, I.R. 92 had a complicated formation history beginning in October 1936. It only got up to full strength in early November 1938 (regimental staff and three batallions). Then re-named Infanterie-Regiment (motorisiert) 92 (I.R. (mot.) 92). Polish campaign as part of the 2^nd infantry division, later assigned to the 60^th infantry division. On 15 October 1942 re-designated Grenadier-Regiment 92 and destroyed in Stalingrad in January 1943, still part of 60^th infantry division. Re-formed 15 March 1943 in southern France.

A great uncle of mine was also severely wounded in one leg as a platoon commander in I.R. (mot.) 15 on the way to Stalingrad. He was lucky to be flown out before the 6th army was encircled in Stalingrad.