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Is this the lower half of a World War II dog tag? Visually, I would say yes, but what puzzles me is the inscription, which doesn't include a proper name (unless Lübbecke is the surname, but that's hard to imagine since there's a town with that name only 10 km from where it was found). The material is aluminum. What do you think? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Inscription:
H.Ma. Lübbecke 1215
Material:
Aluminum
Weight:
4,0 g
Length:
70,0 mm
Width:
25,0 mm
Detector find:
Yes
Country:
Germany
County:
Minden-Lübbecke
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Front / Cleaned with water
Rear / Cleaned with water
Cleaned with water
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Artifex 24.3.2026
H.Ma. is perhaps a dog tag.
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SvenOWL 25.3.2026
That's a good approach, there might be something to it, but then why the divisible middle?
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Artifex 25.3.2026
That's true too. It could also be called Army Munitions Depot. You might find more information at Bundesarchiv.de.
Sondelreise 24.3.2026
Dog tag from one of the World Wars
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Sondelreise 24.3.2026
Source: Internet - German Identification Tags (World Wars) First World War (1914–1918): Initially, tags were often issued with the full name, place of birth, and unit. However, as the war progressed, this changed to more coded information. Second World War (1939–1945): The oval zinc or aluminum tags of the Wehrmacht generally did not bear a name. Instead, they contained:
Nico 25.3.2026
Hello, identification tags from WW2 can/should be reported to the Wehrmacht Information Office (WASt) of the Federal Archives.
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Sondelreise 26.3.2026
I did that, the answer was that there were no bone finds in the immediate vicinity and that it's not necessary to do it completely.
SondelSuechtig 26.3.2026
There was an army munitions depot in Lübbecke. Perhaps an employee badge?
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