Looking fo info on this named beer stein

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Looking fo info on this named beer stein

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Post by wooley12 » 25 Nov 2020, 21:41

My father brought this home from the war. I'm interested in learning about the history of the unit that Hans served in and how I might search to discover what became of Hans.

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Re: Looking fo info on this named beer stein

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Post by von thoma » 25 Nov 2020, 23:53

II Btl. ( Bataillon ) / Infanterie-Regiment 63 Standort Ingolstadt

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... r/IR63.htm
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Post by wooley12 » 26 Nov 2020, 00:43

Thanks. My father was in the area of Ingolstadt in March/April of 1945.

What is meaning of "Field Post Number"?

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Post by von thoma » 26 Nov 2020, 04:11

It's a number ( code ) of the Wehrmacht special mail service.
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Post by wooley12 » 26 Nov 2020, 04:16

Thanks.

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