GERMANY
ID Tag: 1939-45 Turkistan Supply Bn No.522 'Janow' ID tag. Zinc alloy, ovoid with central slots. Comp: 'NSCHB BTL. 522 TURK/JANOW 6294'. Nachschub Bn 522 Turkestansches Janow (522nd Supply - or Replenishment Bn, (Turkistan) Jamow) Raised in Aug 1939 in Vienna the Unit participated in the Polish, French & Balkan campaigns. It served on the Western front from 1944, finally surrendering to the Western Allied near Bonn. Appears ground dug. VF