KASTAUFFER Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share #176 Posted January 5, 2016 Last week I was going through some of my father’s belongings and came across his POW dogtag. This was a new find for me so I went on the Internet to do some research and this led me to your forum. I was surprised that I didn’t find an oval POW dogtag until the final page (7) of the images. Because the numbers are so close (3106, 3113) and the dates of capture are also (October 14, 1943, October 8, 1943), my father almost surely knew the other POW (I couldn't find a name). I have included individual images of the POW material, and a collage that contains all of the individual items. Please feel free to display them as you see fit. Pat Scott son of Lt. John J. Scott [email protected] Hi Pat Thank you so much for posting your father's items. Its been my observation that oval POW tags are scarce and were only used early in the war. The Germans at some point switched all POW tags to rectangular, but for a period of time there were both oval and rectangular tags, Thanks Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmerc20 Posted January 6, 2016 Share #177 Posted January 6, 2016 G Hi Pat Thank you so much for posting your father's items. Its been my observation that oval POW tags are scarce and were only used early in the war. The Germans at some point switched all POW tags to rectangular, but for a period of time there were both oval and rectangular tags, Thanks Kurt Great looking stuff and I'm glad this post has been bumped up. Kurt, do you have anything of German prisoners held in the US or just US soldiers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share #178 Posted January 6, 2016 Hi Mike I only have material related to Americans held by the Axis powers. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share #179 Posted February 27, 2016 Tag from Stalag IXB at Bad Orb from a 422nd Inf, 106th Division PFC captured 12/16/44 during the Battle of the Bulge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted February 27, 2016 Share #180 Posted February 27, 2016 Awesome tag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share #181 Posted February 27, 2016 Another SOS find. Stalag Luft 6 tag to a 93rd BG , 8th AAF POW shot down 2/25/44 over Germany. Luft 6 tags are scarce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted February 27, 2016 Share #182 Posted February 27, 2016 Nice additions Kurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted April 14, 2016 Share #183 Posted April 14, 2016 Here's my new addition. POW tag from Stalag VII/A, issued to a member of the 1st Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division. This individual was captured on 2/15/43 at Kasserine Pass and spent most of his time at Stalag 3B during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted April 14, 2016 Share #184 Posted April 14, 2016 Some neat items posted. Since it has not been mentioned and is an important piece of information related to this post, i would like to add that Original German made ID-disc would have been made of Zink alloy or Aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share #185 Posted April 15, 2016 I do have a couple tags that are actually steel such as the Stalag Luft 6 tag on this page. They even have rust on them. Based on the tags that I own and have seen it seems the Germans used additional materials to make POW tags than just Zinc alloy or Aluminum. I have a paper tag and have owned one made of wood too. However, German Military Tags I believe were only Zinc alloy or Aluminum as you stated. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolved Posted May 23, 2016 Share #186 Posted May 23, 2016 Awesome pieces of history you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reforger Posted May 24, 2016 Share #187 Posted May 24, 2016 Except for zinc and aluminum, some German dog tags were made of steel as well, for example for armor units. However, these are more seldom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share #188 Posted June 28, 2016 Here is a scarce variety. It is a cardboard POW tag from Stalag XIIA to a 45th division POW captured in October 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted June 28, 2016 Share #189 Posted June 28, 2016 Very cool. I never knew the cardboard variants existed. Must be pretty rare. Thanks for sharing it! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share #190 Posted June 29, 2016 Here is a tag that tells a story. The pow who wore this was captured with the 106th division during the battle of the bulge. He was initially sent to Stalag IXB at Bad Orb which was a notoriously awful camp. It however got worse for this POW. He was one of 350 Jewish POWs who were transferred to Berga which was a sub camp of Buchenwald. They were worked to death and many of them died. He was lucky to have survived. There is a documentary about this camp that was shown on PBS and he is in it. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0341255/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted June 29, 2016 Share #191 Posted June 29, 2016 Wow, great tags Kurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reforger Posted June 30, 2016 Share #192 Posted June 30, 2016 Extraordinary tags indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted June 30, 2016 Share #193 Posted June 30, 2016 Here is a scarce variety. It is a cardboard POW tag from Stalag XIIA to a 45th division POW captured in October 1944. image.jpg Geez Kurt, that cardboard tag is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1991 Posted July 4, 2016 Share #194 Posted July 4, 2016 Stalag VIIIC (8) PoW tag with number 100784. Any chance to find out to whom this tag was issued to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share #195 Posted July 4, 2016 Stalag VIIIC (8) PoW tag with number 100784. Any chance to find out to whom this tag was issued to? Unfortunately no. This is a dug tag from Europe from a camp the mostly held British and Polish POWs. I have never seen a tag from that camp attributed to an American, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs1130 Posted August 13, 2016 Share #196 Posted August 13, 2016 Hey Kurt, I know I showed you these before, just wanted to post them for everyone else to check out! I picked up this POW tag at an estate sale on the south side of Chicago, they came with the Air Crew Wings, but I have no idea if they even belong together. I paid $14 for the wings, they didn't charge me for the POW tag, they didn't know what it was, they thought it was junk... Just goes to show you how easily these things get lost and forgotten about... Glad I was able to save it! Just wish I knew who the previous owner was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edelweisse Posted January 2, 2017 Share #197 Posted January 2, 2017 Hi Folks: I found an estate slae in the local Seattle area and it listed some US military and German items to include a POW German ID tag for "Stalag II B # 22158" so I attended...and bought some items to include the POW's ribbons, collar insignia and marksmanship badge for "Rifle, Auto Rifle & Machine Gun"...along with two (2) WWII booklets and it appears his brother's US Navy dog tags "JOHN FRANCIS JARBOE" . When I asked the sales person about the German items like the ID tag....and the lady told me that it sold for $600+ which I was surprised. When I got home...I researched the last name and found that PFC Harry E. Jarboe, 104th Inf Reg, 26th ID was a POW ...so I figured that I obtained "some" of his items....but not the German tag and his dog tags.... The 1st picture shows what the dog tag looked like with a KVKII w/Swds....and the Marksmanship badge The 2nd picture shows the other items like dog tags, ribbons, booklets, etc... The 3rd picture shows what I obtained The 4th picture shows marksmanship badge The last is the close-up of his brother's USN dog tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edelweisse Posted January 2, 2017 Share #198 Posted January 2, 2017 Last picture of USN dog tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share #199 Posted January 2, 2017 A Stalag IIB tag in the 22XXX range would indicate a POW captured in North Africa or Italy in 1943. It seems odd that it would belong to a 26th Division vet. There has to be a story there, Attached is a list of some Stalag IIB numbers I have close to that tag, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share #200 Posted January 28, 2017 Stalag IVB tag ( broken in half ) and US tags to a Pvt with the 12th Infantry Regiment , 4th Infantry Division captured 12/20/44 during the Battle of the Bulge . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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