Dear forum,

I wish to create my own dogtag for a fallschirmjager unit, Ramcke regiment 2. Do you have an idea what I can inscript on the dogtag.

Regards.

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Was in the South of France last week, and a mate of mine told me about a German bunker not far from his house that still had the guns mounted. Reason enough to go and check the place out!
Indeed there are some very nice bunkers hidden away against the rock, some even with tunnels going into the moutains that I geuss were used as munition storage.
The bunkers are part of the Südwall, and I’m told these bunkers at Narbonne beach were part of the AOK15, Russian soldiers in German service.
I know the pictures are not to clear, but has anybody have a clue what the guns are? They look to me as they were removed from French (Renault?) tanks. Seems to be 60mm, with lots of brass parts. Just don’t seem to be German to me.
Around the bunkers we could still find the original German poles and barbwire!
The guns are to heavy and bulky for my collection (just kidding, they should stay where they are!).
Love the rock camo, blends in nicely with the landscape and the mountains they are built against.

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This ring has been posted before in my relic SS thread and I am now on the hunt for further information. It has been mentioned that the ring is from the late 1920’s and has been documented in catalogues of the period.
I would like to obtain a scan of the catalogue page where the ring is listed, hopefully with a price and image to go along with it. Does anyone have access to such a catalogue or have any information on file? Member Paul E has been very helpful but unfortunately cannot find his catalogue example.

I’ve searched through the forum archives for over 2 hours now and have found nothing except a headache.

Its a long shot I know but if you don’t ask, you don’t get.

Thanks in advance. Glenn

Found on the HKL (main defense line) of 6.Rgt SS-TV in North Karelia. These early type rings (sometimes referred to as the ‘1st type’) date from the late twenties so if that’s correct, the owner must have been a very early SS member which might explain the path taken into the Totenkopfverbände and from there via the camp system into the combat formation of the 6th Standarte.

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Well, first off I’m going to be honest. Reading your digging posts makes me a very unhappy camper. Why? Because us fellows from this side of the ocean don’t have any dig locations! It just seems so thrilling to make that find. If I took a day trip to a battleground and found a mess kit I would be overjoyed, and you guys dig up wheelbarrows full of relics! I would very much like to take place in these things, but how can I go about that cheaply? A trip to Europe is expensive, and . I really don’t want to sell my finds to pay for these trips, but it kind of seems like that’s what I’d have to do, and what is the point of that?

So, is there any way to get to mainland Europe with little money or time? Or are there any places in the United States to dig? Not really interested in the Civil War, but I have heard of guys digging on old artillery ranges.

And, how much is there really left to find? I mean, if I wait three more years until I graduate high school, am I gonna be able to dig up fair numbers of items like you guys, or am I just gonna find bits of shrapnel?

Sorry that I sound so new to this. Sort of my introduction to digging. I do a bit of metal detecting at local river low point, but generally get soda cans, spent cartridges left by hunters, and rusty junk.

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