Original German WWII identity tag, stamped 1875 / 2./G.J.Ers.Btl. 98 — 2nd Company, Gebirgsjäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 98 (Mountain Infantry Replacement Battalion 98).

Gebirgsjäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 98 trained replacements for Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98, a mountain infantry regiment of the elite 1. Gebirgs-Division. The parent regiment fought in Poland, France, the Balkans, and extensively on the Eastern Front, including the drive into the Caucasus. Mountain troop tags remain a popular collecting field due to the distinctive Edelweiss tradition of the Gebirgsjäger.