Identity Tags
German Pre WWI Rectangular Identification, 109th Baden Infantry
Identity Tags
German Pre WWI Rectangular Identification, 109th Baden Infantry
Item #45426 : Original era manufacture. An early, pre WWI rectangular shaped, zinc identity tag, unit marked to J.R.109, 4 COMP 70. (Baden Liebgrenadier Rgt no. 109, 4th Company, 70th Soldier). It measures 40 x 25 mm. The Franco-Prussian War identity tags in our collection, both Prussian, are of stamped steel, with a raised outer edge, and two mounting holes. I do not know if this pattern was universal throughout Germany, or if other Kingdoms or Duchies had their own pattern such as this Baden tag, or the Saxon one in another listing.