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Original German WWII Set of 3 POW Identity Dog Tags - 1 from Stalag I-A, 2 from Stalag I-B - Erkennungsmarke

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Original Items: One-of-a-kind set. Included in this lovely set are three German WWII Foreign POW Identification Tags (aka; Dog Tags) or Erkennungsmarke. These are all made from zinc plates measuring , and are in very good condition, with just a bit of oxidation. As with all German dog tags, they are designed with a central perforation so that if the owner died, the bottom half of the tag would be broken off, while the other half remained with their body. They each measure 6cm x 4cm.

The three tags all still have both sides, and consist of-

One POW Dog Tag from Stalag I-A, marked:

STALAG     IA
Nr. 13227  FZ

TWO POW Dog Tags from Stalag I-B, marked:

STALAG IB
Nr. F56242

and:

STALAG IB
Nr. F51926

A very nice set of hard to find POW dog tags, with some possible research potential. Ready to display!

Stalag I-A was a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, located in the village of Stabławki (then officially Stablack). It housed mainly Polish, Belgian, French and Russian prisoners of war, but also Britons and Italians.

The camp was built in late 1939 by Polish prisoners of war, who were captured during the German-Soviet invasion of Poland which started World War II. In 1940 the Poles were joined by Belgian and French prisoners following the Fall of France, and by Russians in 1941 following the Operation Barbarossa. Some British and Italian prisoners were also there. On 25 January 1945, as Russian troops approached, the camp was abandoned and all prisoners were evacuated to the west.

Stalag I-B Hohenstein was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Hohenstein, East Prussia (now Olsztynek, Poland).The camp was partially located on the grounds of the Tannenberg Memorial and initially included a set of wooden structures intended to house World War I veterans during German NSDAP festivities.

Established in 1939 to house Polish soldiers captured in the course of the September Campaign, with time it was extended to house also Belgians, French, Italian, Serbian and Soviet soldiers. Harsh conditions, malnutrition, maltreatment and recurring typhoid epidemics led to many deaths among the prisoners. Notably during the winter of 1941–42 roughly 25,000 people died there, mostly Soviet soldiers.

It is estimated that altogether 650,000 people passed through this camp and its sub-camps. Between 50 and 55 thousand of them were buried in 500 mass graves at the Sudwa cemetery located nearby. The site is commemorated with a memorial stone by Ryszard Wachowski. Since 1980 the Olsztynek-based municipal museum hosts a small exhibition devoted to the camp and its inmates.

Parts of the former camp were uncovered during construction of the S7 Expressway.

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