lufwaffe erkennungsmarke met leren etui

No. 2691→ This is the soldier's personal registration number. Each soldier received a unique number on his or her recognition mark.4./→ This means the4th Kompanie(company).Fl. Ausb. Rgt. 61→ Abbreviation forFlieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 61.This was a regiment within the Luftwaffe responsible for thetraining of flying personnel and ground crew.Interesting detail:the regiment was transferred to Blois in October 1941 and to Senlis in 1942. It was then converted into Luftwaffe-Jäger-Regiment 26, which later fought in Russia (including at Wolchow, Ladoga, and Pleskau) and ultimately became part of divisions in Kurland and Danzig in 1944.