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Pendant
Unique ID: LIN-5479D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Fragment of a German second world war dog tag. This fragment is from the same tag as LIN-CE1D45 which was found in 2005.
The tag is flat, crescentric and is broken down the centre. One surface of the tag is stamped with the owners details. It reads "Stamm kom[p J.E.B. 348]". Stamped on the line below is the letter "O" indicating the soldiers bloodgroup, and the number "16", indicating his role number. In full the first line would have read: "Stammkompanie Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 348" (see other fragment for detail). The metal content of the tag looks like pewter or lead, but is more likely to be some kind of zinc alloy.
The upper part of the dog tag, or "erkennungsmarke" (literally ~ indentity tag) was normally buried with the soldier, whilst the lower was sent back to the records office. An image of the tag was sent to the Deutsche Deinststelle, who wrote back to say that the wearer of the Erkennunsmarke reappeared in Germany in 1956, proving that despite being the upper portion, the tag was not part of a burial. The tag was found near the old POW camp at Wellingore, Lincolnshire, where the owner was presumably located immediately after the war.
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 1945
Date to: Ante AD 1956
Dimensions and weight
Length: 35 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: North Kesteven
To be known as: Wellingore
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009
Personal details
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Recorded by: Adam Daubney
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Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Monday 9th March 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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