Mystery surrounds German soldiers found near mud-covered WWII motorcycle in Danube

A relic of World War II has emerged from the Danube more than 80 years after the war ended — along with the remains of two German soldiers whose identities still remain a mystery.The Wehrmacht motorcycle — which officials identified as a DKW NZ 350-1 — was found in the Danube River in central Budapest this summer.The discovery was announced by the German War Graves Commission, an organization that works to locate, recover and identify German war dead, in August.WRECK OF DEADLIEST US NAVAL LOSS OF WORLD WAR I FOUND AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY: 'LOST WITH ALL HANDS'Pictures show the heavily corroded motorcycle caked in mud and rust — with its frame, wheels, fuel tank and storage boxes still largely intact."Because the harbor mud is mixed with gas oil, the motorcycle and identification tags are well preserved," the German War Graves Commission said in a statement, adding that the motorcycle model "was considered particularly robust and reliable at the time."A World War II-era Wehrmacht motorcycle was recovered from the Danube River in central Budapest more than 80 years after the war ended.(Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.

V.via Facebook)Officials also found the remains of two German soldiers while recovering the motorcycle, along with two well-preserved identification tags.Both tags were still intact. Typically, one half of a fallen soldier's tag was left with the body, while the other was sent to the Wehrmacht Information Office so that the soldier's family could be notified, according to the commission.EXPERTS FINALLY SOLVE MYSTERY OF TEENAGE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER 246 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATHThe identification tags found with the remains are still being deciphered, Diane Tempel-Bornett, a spokesperson for the German War Graves Commission, told Fox News Digital in a translated email.Tempel-Bornett said that despite the discovery of the tags, the identities of the two soldiers remain unknown.The heavily corroded World War II-era motorcycle was fo...

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