otter42 Posted July 6, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 6, 2019 Was just given these Korean era tags. They belonged to a local man, haven't found if he is still alive. He is/was an artist. What has me stumped is the "Y" in the religion section. Thanks for the help, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan H. Posted July 6, 2019 Share #2 Posted July 6, 2019 Although you will normally find a Jewish soldier's tag marked with an "H" for "Hebrew" or a "J" for "Jewish," you will occasionally find them marked "Y" for "Yiddish." Obviously, Yiddish, is a language rather than a religion, but it is often equated with "Jewish German" and most likely the reason that trooper "Gelder" was identified as such. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_hun84 Posted July 6, 2019 Share #3 Posted July 6, 2019 Although you will normally find a Jewish soldier's tag marked with an "H" for "Hebrew" or a "J" for "Jewish," you will occasionally find them marked "Y" for "Yiddish." Obviously, Yiddish, is a language rather than a religion, but it is often equated with "Jewish German" and most likely the reason that trooper "Gelder" was identified as such. Allan Damn interesting fact Allan- I have seen it once before myself on a WW2 tag I was going to say "Y" was for "Yankee" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted July 6, 2019 Wow, that is really awesome, thanks so much for the ID. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted July 6, 2019 I spent some time on a kibbutz in Israel, and the lady that ran our store would speak in Yiddish. Thanks Allen! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted July 6, 2019 Share #6 Posted July 6, 2019 I thought it was for 'Y are we here?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted July 6, 2019 Ok, next we will be singing the Mickey mouse theme song! "Y, because we like you!"... good one Brig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzyzzogeton Posted July 6, 2019 Share #8 Posted July 6, 2019 The blood type is just an "A". Would this have been assumed to be "A-Pos" or did someone make a mistake and leave out the POS or NEG indicator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberThe5thESB Posted July 7, 2019 Share #9 Posted July 7, 2019 The blood type is just an "A". Would this have been assumed to be "A-Pos" or did someone make a mistake and leave out the POS or NEG indicator?KW dog togs dont have the positive or negative indicators, to my knowledge anyway. Weird isnt it? Sent from my SM-J327V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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