Bakelite cigarette case with various engravings: «516 M.P.», the insignia of the U.S. Seventh Army and a scene with a mountain and a sun and «Hohenstaufen» as well as «Germany» underneath.
The 516th Military Police Service Company is most commonly associated with the Third Army, but it is plausible that it had interactions or operational connections with the Seventh Army, especially in complex military operations. The 3rd and the 36th Infantry Division were part of the U.S. Seventh Army and were involved in operations in southern Germany, capturing numerous regions and towns. Hohenstaufen is a mountain in Germany, located in the Swabian Jura region, near the town of Göppingen. During World War II, it was part of the broader region in which U.S. forces operated during their advance into Germany.
