2007-08-29 06:53:42 · 11 answers · asked by Billy S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Thanks
Military Police is the answer I was looking for. ID tags yes I know maybe serving in the Paras helped with me knowing that. ;-]
2007-08-29 07:11:56 · update #1
What you are talking about is a 'gorget'. Its a large generally crescent shaped metal plate that is in fact an abbreviated Brest plate. It was a symbol of rank or status often wore by German military police units in WWII.
2007-08-29 07:35:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had a number for identification. My uncle was 14, when he had to go to the Russian front and get in the night the dead from the nowhere land (between the fronts). If it was not possible, he had at least ot get the chain or the helmet for counting.
There was another group, called the chain dogs, which where a secret police, they only whore their chains and no papers for identification. This guys where fierce. If you would get 500 of them to Iraq, they would probably finish the war in a month.
2007-08-29 07:03:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The German Identification Disk serves the same purpose as American Dog Tags. The disk is stamped in such a manner as to allow you to bend in half along its long axis of the oval so you can take one half it away with you while leaving the other way with the corpse. The Canadian Identication Tag is based on the same idea.
2007-08-29 07:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by oscarsix5 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is their version of the dog tags that all soldiers are required to have. It is for easy identification of the soldier in cases where the face and body were badly burned or charred in battle.
2007-08-29 14:32:56 · answer #4 · answered by Botsakis G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
German Military Police Units
also known as "Kettenhund" or Chained dogs behind their backs.
2007-08-29 07:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by conranger1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
german military police or fieldgendarme known to the common soldiers as kettenhund or chain dog.
2007-08-29 09:23:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The badge you are talking about signified a Military Policeman and was part of their uniform just as british MP's wore an arm band with MP on it
2007-08-29 07:04:40 · answer #7 · answered by thelev51 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were known as chain dogs. they were German Military police in second world war
2007-08-29 07:03:00 · answer #8 · answered by john m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To identify them if they are injured or die. Same as any other soldiers.
2007-08-29 06:59:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
to be recognized ,if they burned or die for a long time
2007-08-29 06:58:17 · answer #10 · answered by carita 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋