Original dog tag Kriegsmarine entourage ww2

Dog tag K.M. entourage from World War II

Nice collector's item in good condition

Marked with K.M.-Gefolge MAR. GR. KDO. WEST 851, on the reverse: torpedo school

Material: aluminum

With traces of use

Marine Group Commandos (MGC) were operative commanders of the Navy's Supreme Commander for the security forces in a staked-out large sea area. On February 1, 1943, the command structures were reformed in the areas of the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Norway and naval commandos were formed. While in the western area the MGK West remained the defensive command unit until the defeat, no command was formed in the command area Mediterranean even after the capitulation of Italy, only after the defeat of Germany in the Western Mediterranean, in the Black Sea and in the Aegean in 1945 there was still a lineup MOK South.

The second Marine Group Command was set up in August 1939 as the operational headquarters for the North Sea and the Atlantic in Sengwarden near Wilhelmshaven. In August 1940, the MGK West moved to Paris. At the same time, command in the North Sea was assigned to MGK Nord. The commander-in-chief newly appointed in September 1942 was in personal union initially also Commanding Admiral France. This place was integrated on 16 November 1942 but. In addition to the duties of an operational management team, it was also responsible for the duties of the military. The group was subordinate to the Commander of Security in the Western Area (BSW), occasionally also in the western area operating naval forces, z. B. the Bismarck or the battleships during the channel breakthrough; but not the submarines and the Atlantic warfare with overwater forces. The MGK West was dissolved with the formation of MOK West on October 20, 1944. (Source: Wikipedia)