I need some help with a named Fur Pack Tornister that I just picked up. It's named to a REZ /FELDW OTTO BECK N1743/34S MAR. FESTG. BATL. 359. Am I correct in assuming that Otto Beck was assigned to a coastal art. unit? Can anyone come up with the order of battle of this unit and what happened to Otto Beck? Thanks in advance.
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Actulay Marine Festugs Batalione were sort of last resrves ; a sailors used as infantry men. So not exacly Coastal Artillery but Infantry unit consisted from ex sailors .Originally posted by helmet guy View Post
Marine Festungs Batalion 359 - you can read about this unit on lexikon der wehrmacht ( http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...Gliederung.htm.
Not too but much still something.
If you are not family member that it woould be hard to find out in german archives what happen with this particular sailor ( infantry men ). -
Thank You.... I looked it up and it says the unit was formed in November 1944. Probably sailors re-deployed as infantry in the defense of Germany. The Tornister is dated 1943. An interesting part of history.Originally posted by anmarlodz View PostComment
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I looked up Festungs in the dictionary; it translates to fortress, that's why I thought that it could be Atlantic Wall related, but now I see that it's not. I still find it interesting. It would be interesting to know what happened to Otto Beck. P.O.W or KIA ?Comment
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