Schulterklappen Hauptmann Infanterie Regiment 72

[doomtown]

Are these boards ok? Can anyone tell me where this regiment fought?
Thanks,
Eddie

[Johnny R]

Looks like the numbers have been changed, or reapplied, could be wartime or post war done-

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...enter/IR72.htm

[PaulR]

It looks like he was an oberlt before, judging by the holes(look between the numbers). That can explain the shift and etc?

[Johnny R]

Or he changed units, they look fine but the devices were moved at some point.

[doomtown]

Hey, thanks guys, I appreciate the help! I think I will go ahead and get them.

[naxos]

Hey, thanks guys, I appreciate the help! I think I will go ahead and get them.

Very nice set with lots of good patina and character.

[Tim Curley]

To answer your original question - Inf Rgt 72 was part of the 46th Inf Div. The division consisted of Sudetenland soldiers, founded in 1938. At the beginning of the Russian campaign, it attacked through Ukraine. The division retreated from the Crimea in the winter of 1941-42. Later it participated in the siege of Sevastopol and the Caucus campaign. Subsequently it fought in the Donets, at Belgorod, in the battle of Dnepropetrovsk, and retreated through Ukraine. The division surrendered in Czechoslovakia in May 1945. (source: Hitler's Legions by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.)

[doomtown]

To answer your original question - Inf Rgt 72 was part of the 46th Inf Div. The division consisted of Sudetenland soldiers, founded in 1938. At the beginning of the Russian campaign, it attacked through Ukraine. The division retreated from the Crimea in the winter of 1941-42. Later it participated in the siege of Sevastopol and the Caucus campaign. Subsequently it fought in the Donets, at Belgorod, in the battle of Dnepropetrovsk, and retreated through Ukraine. The division surrendered in Czechoslovakia in May 1945. (source: Hitler's Legions by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.)

Fantastic, thank you kindly, this is exactly what I wanted to know!