This ID tag was found and ground dug in the Halbe, the place where the famous battle of Halbe took place, and where the remains of this infamous division was wiped out by the Russians. All the Dirlewanger ID tags are botched works, with irregular stamping and low quality finish like this one, with even no holes to ease the process of breaking it when soldier fell in battlefield. This one is therefore a 100% original Dirlewanger ID tag, that saw battle and was used by a criminal who was part of this Brigade. Although it's in relic condition, it's legible and number is low, with number 435 and text "SS Dirlewanger".

The unit participated in some of World War II's most notorious campaigns of terror. During the organization's time in Russia, Dirlewanger burned women and children alive and let starved packs of dogs feed on them. He was known to hold large formations with the sole purpose of injecting Jews with strychnine. Dirlewanger's unit took part in the occupation of Belarus, where it carved out a reputation within the Waffen-SS for committing atrocities. Numerous Army and SS commanders attempted to remove Dirlewanger from the SS and disband the unit, although he had patrons within the Nazi apparatus who intervened on his behalf. His unit was most notably credited with the destruction of Warsaw, and the massacre of ~100,000 of the city's population during the Warsaw Uprising; and participating in the brutal suppression of the Slovak National Uprising in 1944. Dirlewanger's formation generated fear throughout Waffen-SS organizations including the SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Command Headquarters) and earned notoriety as the most criminal and heinous SS unit in Hitler's war machine.