Erkennungsmarke I.Jnf.Rgt.277

An Aluminum version of the Erkennungsmarke for the First Company of the 277th Infanterie Regiment in very good condition.

Unit marked: I.Jnf.Rgt.277
Soldier ID: 1
Blood Type: Unknown
Feldpost:
Wehrkreis: XI
Assigned to: 83. Infanterie Division

Theatres:

1939 Bergen
1940/1941 Invasion / occupation of France
1942/1944 Ukraine "Kampfgruppe Sass"
1944 Kurland
1945 East Prussia

The division took part in Nazi security warfare, such as Operation Greif at Vitebsk. In 1946 several captured officers of Infantry Regiment 277, including its former commander, Eduard Freiherr von Saß, were executed in Velikiye Luki for crimes committed by the Wehrmacht against the civilian population of the city.

Code: 18620