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Here is a "Wehrdienst - Ehrendienst" photograph album for an Army (Heer) Feldgendarm. This NCO was a dog handler and there are several nice photos of his police dog "Rex" in the album. His dog served along side him on active service from 1943 to the end of the war in 1945. He even filled out an Urkunde for his service dog and included it in his remembrance album.

 

One has to wonder what happened to these police trained Service Dogs at the end of the war.

 

 

FG album.JPG

FG Album dog & handler.JPG

FG Album dog.JPG

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Very nice, Sarge. Any dog related albums are super rare IMO. Please post more as time permits.

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Very nice, Sarge. Any dog related albums are super rare IMO. Please post more as time permits.

 

Glad you enjoyed these photos. Here are a few more from the album. It seems this Feldgendarmerie unit had two dogs but the album owner was the dog handler for the German Shepard named "Rex". I am not certain what breed the other dog shown is.

FG Album Rex.JPG

FG Album Rex 1.JPG

FG Album white tunic.JPG

FG Album 2nd dog.JPG

FG Album dog Urkunde.JPG

FG Album NCO.JPG

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Thank you. Just super. That is a great piece. Interesting that the date on the Urkunde is the day after the Germans surrendered (which hopefully tells us that Rex survived the war)

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