I would like to know more about this German Dog Tag. It appears to say:- 1548 1 Flak Ers Abt 6 What does this mean? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Andy
Flak - Anti-aircraft Ersatz - Replacement Abteilung - equivalent to a British A.A.Regiment. - In German artillery (and cavalry) units, several "Batterien" ("Schwadronen") form an "Abteilung" instead of the normal "Batallion". So it is the Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 6. The 1 in front of it means battery No. 1, normally written 1./Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 6. Hope this will help. Aixman
This link may help. Others are available but in German language if you search. Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 6 Regards Tom
Andy, The German National Archives for war dead have a search system, unfortunately you cannot search a soldiers number. Regards Tom