Dachau Insignia Lot!

[prorege1]

It's a real pleasure to see the US vets "souvenirs" from the Dachau clothing depots, quite a lot surfaced over the years and hope it will continue to turn up in the future - congrats with the find!

[RobertE]

It's a real pleasure to see the US vets "souvenirs" from the Dachau clothing depots, quite a lot surfaced over the years and hope it will continue to turn up in the future - congrats with the find!

At Bob Hritz's suggestion, I reengaged on the personal history of the veteran, father of the gal who sold me the lot. She had the following to share:
"He enlisted in August of 1943 and served until January of 1946. He was a rifleman in the 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division, C Company, 2nd Platoon under 1st Lt.John W. Voller. After basic my father's unit landed at Anzio, went through France, the Forest, Siegrried Line, across the Rhine and into Eastern Germany. He was wounded in Italy and France. His unit was one of the first into liberate Dachau. After the war ended in Europe he had the option of going home on leave with his unit and then being sent to the Pacific or changing to a different unit and remaining in Germany. He chose the latter and stayed in the Dachau area."
Great suggestion Bob - thanks.
s/f Robert

[Felix]

Thanks for sharing the history with us and congrats again to the find!

Cheers,
"Felix" - N. Hansson

[nutmeg]

Showing finds like this is important because it illustrates to newer revisionist collectors that these Dachau insignias are indeed genuine and not postwar fabrications. Very nice discovery!