maxwell Posted 15 July , 2018 Share Posted 15 July , 2018 (edited) Hi Could I ask for some help on deciphering a first war German dog tag. It's standard size with two halves identical writing on both The writing is as follows 3/inf.ers.Bt1.11 0 1175 How would I find a name and his fate Many thanks Ian Edited 15 July , 2018 by maxwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 15 July , 2018 Share Posted 15 July , 2018 (edited) Are you sure it's WW1? Can you post a picture please. "Two identical halves wihout a name" sounds like WW2 (well, to mé at least)? Like this example: Edited 15 July , 2018 by JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted 15 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 15 July , 2018 (edited) I'll try to post a photo jwk Edited 15 July , 2018 by maxwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 15 July , 2018 Share Posted 15 July , 2018 27 minutes ago, maxwell said: I'll try to post a photo jwk Looks like a ww2 one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 15 July , 2018 Share Posted 15 July , 2018 (edited) Thanks Maxwell! I'll leave to the real experts, but to me this is typical WW2. Can't find an Infanterie Ersatz Bataillon 11 in WW1, but there was one in WW2 *edit* Jools got there first! Edited 15 July , 2018 by JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 15 July , 2018 Share Posted 15 July , 2018 1 minute ago, JWK said: Thanks Maxwell! I'll leave to the real experts, but to me this is typical WW2. Can't find an Infanterie Esatz Bataillon 11 in WW1, but there was one in WW2 *edit* Jools got there first! Oh that's what the ER stands for, I was guessing 3rd infantry (something) battalion 11. 2 out of 3 isn't bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted 17 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2018 Thanks guys any more info would be greatly received. How do I find a name etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 17 July , 2018 Share Posted 17 July , 2018 1 hour ago, maxwell said: Thanks guys any more info would be greatly received. How do I find a name etc This is outside of this forum's scope as it is WW2. I think you should try to find the name books of the unit in question (German Army archives? Wehrmachtsauskunftstelle?). Whether they are publicly available is doubtful, I would say. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted 17 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2018 Thanks Jan i did not know this was ww2 . I purchased it as Great War !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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