Stamm-Kp Gren.Ers.Batl.58 Erkennungsmarke (Kleve/NL)

The dog tag or 'Erkennungsmarke' shows normal signs of wear. The Infanterie Ersatz Bataillon 58 was formed in the summer of 1939 and supplied soldiers for 6.Infanterie-Division. In November 1942 the  was renamed Grenadier Ersatz Bataillon 58 and fell under the command of Division 176 since 1943. In September 1944 the bataillon was mobilized and renamed Reserve Grenadier Bataillon 58 which was part of the 526.Reserve-Division. But that same month the bataillon became part of the 89.Infanterie-Division which was stationed in Holland for rest. In December it moved to the area of Kleve (Reichswald)

(Grenadier Ersatz Bataillon 58 was newly formed in October in Germany. In March 1945 the bataillon was probably used to form Grenadier Regiment 416 which was part of the 361.Volks-Grenadier-Division and was stationed near Amersfoort in Holland.
A Stammkompanie was a kompanie that trained the soldiers. Often the soldier of this kompanie were soldiers who had frontline experience and/or were no longer fully usable at the front due to injuries. Of course this changed later in the war as there was a shortage of soldiers).