trying to id dog tag

hello, im trying to id a german dog tag if its real or fake and any information i have found out i think its a ukranian ss tag the information is as follows : A 394 GALIZISCHE SS-BRIGADE. why is the word BRIGADE in english???? any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

 

Brigade is the same in German and English since it is originally a French word for a group of people organized for a particular task...

 

Thank you texson66! that helps a lot! I also found out last night that the galizsche ss surrendered to the western allies so maybe a gi brought it back

 

Some more help?

German is first-Eng is second.

Zug = Platoon.
Kompanie = Company.
Bataillon = Battalion.
Regiment = Regiment.
Brigade = Brigade.
Division = Division.
Korps = Corps.
Armee = Army.

Without seeing a pic of your Dogtag-I can't help with anything further.

 

If your tag is genuine it would mean you own a Galician Brigade tag

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_Galicia_(1st_Ukrainian)

Galicia was the former Austro-Hungarian region of Lemberg (Lvow) which was part of Ukraine after WWI . It had many ethnic Germans but others also joined.



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