Classic zinc Erkennungsmarke from a Ukrainian volunteer in the 7./SS-Freiwilligen-Artillerie-Regiment 14. It has been found near the village of Pochapy in the Brody pocket near Lviv, where the 14th Ukrainian division was destroyed in July 1944.

Out of the around 11,000 Ukrainians who were encircled there, only a few thousand managed to break out of the encirclement. Most Ukrainians got killed or were taken prisoner. The tag itself is broken in several pieces, but the pieces are solid and in good condition.

If only this tag could tell a story.

Textbook Ukrainian tag from a famous battlefield.