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German Military Identification Tag
By: Lori Williamson
| WW1 Daybook
| November 3, 2018
This is a front and back image of a semicircular metal German identification tag fragment. One side features the name, "KARL BIRKHOLZ" and consists of indecipherable text underneath the name. The other side reads "FARDI NR C159/BATT N. 451".
Citation: Minnesota Historical Society Collections. 9352.17