by Bertrand Froger | 22 Mar 2017
Year/time: World War II (1944)
In detail: A M44 Waffen SS jacket called “pea” coming from the battlefield, found at Authie near Caen. It suffered the hardships of the fighting between the S.S.-Panzergrenadierregiment 25 of the 12th Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend Division and the Canadians of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 9th Canadian Infantry of the 3rd Infantry Division.
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by Bertrand Froger | 21 Mar 2017
Nationality: USA – Germany
Year/time: World War II (1944-1946)
In detail: This “dog tag” is special. Itwas beaten in the name of a German soldier, following his capture as a prisoner of war in Normandy. For example, the name and the surname of the soldier Karl Gagstaedter, his prisoner number and PWLE 112, correspond to Prisoner of War Labor Enclosure No. 112, in other words the German Prisoners of War labor camp in La Glacerie in Northern Cotentin. This dog tag was found in 2015 on an annex of the main camp, located in Valognes.
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by Bertrand Froger | 21 Mar 2017
Nationality: German Army – Luftwaffe
Year/time: World War II (1938-1945)
In detail: This German paratrooper helmet, quite different from that used in the other corps of the army, was found in 2017 in the area of Carentan, on former positions of the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment-6 commanded by Colonel Von der Heydte. These elite soldiers defended the sector in June 1944. They were nicknamed “Green Devils” and fiercely resisted the US divisions dropped and landed on Utah Beach. This relic still bears the emblem of the Luftwaffe and received a two-tone camouflage (green and sand).
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