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6/7 is a provisional Reichswehr unit mark (circa the 1920's) which stands for 6th Company / 7th Regiment, later the 28th Light Infantry Division under the Wehrmacht.
Here's what I've been told based on the unit marking:
The 7th Regt. was attached to the 3rd Reichswehr Infantry Div. at Potsdam. The 7th Regt was later billeted at Glatz and saw action in the border wars known as the Eastern Frontier; Germany was at war with Poland and Czchoslovakia who were supported by the Russian Army through the 1920s over territory lost during the war.
In 1934 the the 3rd Infantry Div. was reformed into the 28th Light Infantry Div. under the Wehrmacht.
The 28th Light Infantry were among the first to enter Czechoslovakia and the Sudetenland in 1938 as a Recon Division in preparation for the invasion of 1939. They were heavily involved in the battles that ensued after the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
In 1940 the 28th Division was moved to Normandy in preparation for the invasion of England.*
In 1941, redeployed to the Eastern Front for the invasion of Russia. They were involved in extremely heavy fighting with heavy losses on the Eastern Front.*
Late 1941 early 1942 the 7th Light Infantry Regiment. was dissolved and reformed into the 7th Grenadier Regiment.
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