KevinS Posted June 24, 2016 Share #1 Posted June 24, 2016 German mapcase used by Sergeant Haugen, CO 'A', 275th IR, 70th Div. He carved his name, units, service number and M1 number in the leather. It has also two German ID's so this mapcase has seen some use for sure! The leather carrying strap and the map grid are in it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinS Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted June 24, 2016 Here is the carved information: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted June 24, 2016 Share #3 Posted June 24, 2016 Very nice relic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrobertscv Posted June 24, 2016 Share #4 Posted June 24, 2016 Great item!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted June 24, 2016 Share #5 Posted June 24, 2016 Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogTCollect Posted June 24, 2016 Share #6 Posted June 24, 2016 Cool one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanormalTrooper Posted June 24, 2016 Share #7 Posted June 24, 2016 Awesome map case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanWWII Posted June 24, 2016 Share #8 Posted June 24, 2016 Nice item! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted June 24, 2016 Share #9 Posted June 24, 2016 Very interesting bring-back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted June 24, 2016 Share #10 Posted June 24, 2016 Excellent Trailblazer item! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon54 Posted June 24, 2016 Share #11 Posted June 24, 2016 Awesome! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted June 25, 2016 Share #12 Posted June 25, 2016 Great item. Can you show us the German markings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinS Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted June 26, 2016 Thanks a lot guys! @ Sundance, here's a picture of the German markings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROBS Posted June 26, 2016 Share #14 Posted June 26, 2016 That's great.. thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted June 27, 2016 Share #15 Posted June 27, 2016 Thanks for showing the markings. Now I'll have to figure out what those marks mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinS Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #16 Posted June 27, 2016 4 Kompanie Jäger Regiment 45. Kalma was the last name of the German and 45740 is his feldpostnummer which belonges to another unit and not the Jäger Regiment. Both of these units were not active in the 70th Div area but Germans were transferred to other units quite often. The mapcase might have belonged to 2 Germans or 1 guy just didn't bother to mark it anymore after he was transferred for the 3rd time. There will be an article about the mapcase in the current Trailblazer magazine and there might be veterans alive who knew Peter Haugen and know about the mapcase he used and brought back.. Until then I can only guess how Peter got the map.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kursk Posted August 14, 2016 Share #17 Posted August 14, 2016 Hello, new member here...it may be of help to note that the German markings are - 4./J.R. 45 I - that is, the 4th company (I)nfantry Regiment 45 First Battalion. The Regiment was part of the Wehrmacht's 21st Infantry Division and appears to have spent its entire existence in the East. The org. that held the final Feldposte Nummer was a clothing supply unit, so perhaps this is where the soldier ultimately picked up the map case. The 1st Battalion was I believe based in Marienburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCapturephotos Posted August 16, 2016 Share #18 Posted August 16, 2016 I really enjoyed seeing this as well as the pieces of the puzzle coming together about the German owner. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinS Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share #19 Posted March 4, 2023 S/Sgt Peter Haugen III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Sgt CES Posted March 4, 2023 Share #20 Posted March 4, 2023 It is always great to put a photo with a name and to stuff he bought back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1gertank519 Posted August 2, 2023 Share #21 Posted August 2, 2023 Today I found a very similar map case! It belonged to a man from Regt HQ Co, 276th Inf Regt, 70th Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinS Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share #22 Posted August 2, 2023 PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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