DI unit help

[S1991]

Gents,

 

A few weeks ago I purchased these DI's on eBay. They were being listed as:

- 39th Signal Battalion (but I have also read that it could be 39th Signal Company?)

- 726th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company

 

The DI's are marked as following:

39th Signal Battalion; V. Habcke & Co. Pfarzheim (German made)

726th Ordnance; Sherman Mfg. Co. provenance R. I. 3S

 

Of the 726th Ordnance I think it could be a post-war issue looking at the maker mark.. However of the 39th Signal Battalion one I am not sure, believe it to be immediate post-war era and made in Germany.

Would be great if these would be WWII era..

 

Looking forward to hear your opinions!

 

39th Signal Battalion:

 

 

[S1991]

726th Ordnance Company:

 

 

[ocsfollowme]

the 39th is actually made by V. Haacke & Co., Pforzheim, Germany

[tredhed2]

39th Sig Bn, according to ASMIC Signal DI catalog. Made by Poellath in Germany, should have a P inside a circle for a HM.

[rlyoun3910]

Haacke is just out side of Stuttgart still making crests of sorts, but not for the US Army any longer. Mostly curios and pins like you see at Volksmarches. I did not think about combing some of the antique shops there in Pforzheim. Many of our soldiers live there. The city was known for small metal industry that included a rather large jewelry manufacturing center since before WW II. Pforzhiem is more known to day for schnapps, if you can imagine that.