Identifying a uniform

[H4mmerhead]

Hello,
This is the only photo i have of my great grandfather, and i am looking for information regarding what unit he might have been in, and what he did. Can anyone tell anything from his uniform?

He was stationed in southern Norway from the invasion in April 1940, and was later sent to Crimea in late 1943. I know he ended up in Soviet captivity, and returned to eastern Germany sometime in 1947. He died in the 80's before the wall fell, and never got word out to his two daughters in Norway.

I am hoping that his uniform can tell me something about that he did, so that i can look for more information.

I hope i've placed this in the right forum.

Thanks!

[Volyn]

Can anyone tell anything from his uniform?

I am hoping that his uniform can tell me something about that he did, so that i can look for more information.

The only thing that you can see on his uniform is the Heer belt buckle and his collar tabs are for an enlisted soldier. However, his regiment numbers are not shown on his Waffenfarbe and his rank is obscured as well.

He was stationed in southern Norway from the invasion in April 1940, and was later sent to Crimea in late 1943.

It might be possible to track the Division or Regiment that fought in Norway and the Crimea.

Here is a list of German units involved in Operation Weserübung - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian ... _of_battle

[H4mmerhead]

Thanks a lot for the information, from what i can see in that wikipedia link, i think he had to have been in either the 163rd or the 214th Infantry Division, judging by where they landed. The cities of Kristiansand and Arendal are both in the far south of the country. I will look into if any of those were redeployed to Crimea in 1943. Thanks again!

[Volyn]

The cities of Kristiansand and Arendal are both in the far south of the country. I will look into if any of those were redeployed to Crimea in 1943.

Are you sure it was the Crimea in 1943, do you know what the source of this information is?

The only Division that participated in Operation Weserübung to serve in Southern Russia was the 214. Infanterie-Division, however, they were sent to Kowel, Ukraine in April 1944?http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /214ID.htm

I will look into this further and see what can be found.

[LineDoggie]

Hello,
This is the only photo i have of my great grandfather, and i am looking for information regarding what unit he might have been in, and what he did. Can anyone tell anything from his uniform?

He was stationed in southern Norway from the invasion in April 1940, and was later sent to Crimea in late 1943. I know he ended up in Soviet captivity, and returned to eastern Germany sometime in 1947. He died in the 80's before the wall fell, and never got word out to his two daughters in Norway.

I am hoping that his uniform can tell me something about that he did, so that i can look for more information.

I hope i've placed this in the right forum.

Thanks!

Would you know where he was from in Germany before service? Most German units recruited men from specific localities in Germany.

You should get a better idea of his possible units if you can track where he lived pre wehrmacht

[H4mmerhead]

The cities of Kristiansand and Arendal are both in the far south of the country. I will look into if any of those were redeployed to Crimea in 1943.

Are you sure it was the Crimea in 1943, do you know what the source of this information is?

The only Division that participated in Operation Weserübung to serve in Southern Russia was the 214. Infanterie-Division, however, they were sent to Kowel, Ukraine in April 1944?http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /214ID.htm

I will look into this further and see what can be found.

I am not absolutely sure no, i got the information from my mother. I believe she said that she got the information from some red cross documents when she was doing her own research, but she never really got anywhere with it.

[H4mmerhead]

Would you know where he was from in Germany before service? Most German units recruited men from specific localities in Germany.

You should get a better idea of his possible units if you can track where he lived pre wehrmacht

Yes, he was from a small place called Pforten, near Gera, west of Dresden.