back on a proper pooter rather than the phone now - that was hard: Let me google that for you Looks like an... errr... German Dog tag to me. Waffen SS General Seyffart Regt Dog Tag at War relics forum
Ah, I've read it bleedin' wrong haven't I - that's a tag from his regiment, not his tag. Curses - back to the drawing board. Apologies for my hubristic dimness.
The more I read, in books and websites, the more I think they were absolutely standard, excepting that a General might have them in a slightly nicer case. Where's Croonaert when you need him, he knows about this stuff.
Adam..I posted a page from a BEF diary on German ID tags on here. Dave also commented on them in some detail.
Here you go-Not sure if its of much use though: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/1940/27596-german-identity-disc-erkennungsmarke.html
Ah, I've read it bleedin' wrong haven't I - that's a tag from his regiment, not his tag. Curses - back to the drawing board. Apologies for my hubristic dimness. I wasn't criticising you, I know as much about the details on the sewing thread on Himmler's lingerie as Joe (or Josephine) Bloggs. I was manifesting my wonder at the, what, adulation shown on that place about an indeterminate piece of militaria, W-SS of course My apologies for poor expression. I have to fish up a certain article in a Military Modelling from the 70s about this matter and scan it for the forum