German SS Gamel

[Messerschmitt]

Who can tell me more about this Gamel?
I became this together with another standard german gamel this weekend.
I've just cleaned them and found some text.

It has the name Sepp Pfeiffer (SS-USCHA).
Beneath his name I see I think his personal number?

It says too: 1. PZ. DIV. 1. SS-PZ. (and something I can't read) ABT. 1. KOMP.

And someone knows what III. LA. means?


Anyone can help me with it?

Thanks,

[Messerschmitt]

Nobody??

[Gran Sasso]

Beneath his name I see I think his personal number?

I would recommend to post the number (which could be his fieldpost-nr. as well) in the "Wehrpass, Soldbooks and military IDs" forum

[Messerschmitt]

I would recommend to post the number (which could be his fieldpost-nr. as well) in the "Wehrpass, Soldbooks and military IDs" forum

Thanks, I will do that tomorrow, then I make a close-up from it too.

It's no Fieldpost I think, it says the following:


PFEIFFER
SEPP
6306525
PW. NO


I don't know what PW means, maybe PassWord?


Thanks,

Tim

[lemalouin]

Thanks, I will do that tomorrow, then I make a close-up from it too.

It's no Fieldpost I think, it says the following:


PFEIFFER
SEPP
6306525
PW. NO


I don't know what PW means, maybe PassWord?


Thanks,

Tim

I rather think PW means PRISONER OF WAR

[Messerschmitt]

That's possible lemalouin, thank you.
I have found anothet number, it says:

PWE 409

See the close ups, I will place them in "Wehrpass, Soldbooks and military IDs" forum too.

Cheers,

Tim

[John Macrini]

Not sure what all of the text is about, but I like it, an interesting piece of history. I especially like that is has Nuremberg scribed into it....


Cool find!

[Admiraal]

Well, since it says Abteilung 1, it must be one of these:

SS Flak Artillerie-Abteilung 1
SS Nebelwerfer-Abteilung 1
SS Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1
SS Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1
SS Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1
SS Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 1

And for the "III. LA." part, i tent to go to an artillerie batterie since they used roman numbers for that.
So that would be "3. batterie LA." Maybe LA means Leichte Artillerie?

[Messerschmitt]

Hello Rick,

thanks that could be it.
But it says that he was in SS panzer too, or maybe he did both?

Cheers,

[Admiraal]

Hello Rick,

thanks that could be it.
But it says that he was in SS panzer too, or maybe he did both?

Cheers,

Both, if you put Panzer before something, like artillerie or Aufklärung.
It becomes PanzerArtillerie or PanzerAufklärung, and thats mechanized.
So he probally was in a mechanized artillerie unit.
For example, the Wespe was a Panzer Artillerie vehicle.

[Simon O.]

It's clearly recording his time in captivity and III LA i'd say was III Lager