Paul R Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 I want to share with you the highlight of my Medical Collection... A scrapbook for a medic in the Heer. Lots ot material. I have not had the time to translate things, yet I believe this gentleman to have been a cartoonist in a medical HQ unit. I believe his job was to create medical awarness posters. I could be wrong. Please relay your thoughts.
Paul R Posted December 30, 2005 Author Posted December 30, 2005 That is all that I have. If you need bigger and clear pics of anything, please PM me your email addy and I will send it to you.V.rPaul
David Gregory Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 Paul,Your very nice album with its personal anecdotes is a refreshing alternative to the usual training/service/abrupt end photo series that are typical of such collections of images.The marching order shown in post #2 indicates that he was sent to the butcher's company to paint lettering on vehicles, so he does seem to have had an artistic touch.David
Paul R Posted December 30, 2005 Author Posted December 30, 2005 (edited) I did not know about him being sent to paint insignia on trucks... hell of a job for a medic! I have not had an opportunity to translate this yet! Any help with this is of course appreciated.Anyway, the medical posters were signed by him as the artist(in frames 7b, 8, and 12). Edited December 30, 2005 by Paul Reck
joe campbell Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 interesting and great to find all ofthis material intact, paul!joe
jcsanche Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 Hi PaulIt is a really unique album. Do you know if he survived the war?. I have an album in which the soldier included post war photos ( he was much older) so I know he survived the war.Juan
Paul R Posted December 31, 2005 Author Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) Thank you Joe and Juan! I dont know anything more about this gentleman. All I have done thus far is do a quick google search.It definately has a lot of research potential!Juan, you should post the album! Edited December 31, 2005 by Paul R
Guest Rick Research Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 I'd say this was all done post-war, since he pulled a photo out of his Soldbuch, and so on.He seems UNNATURALLY cheerful about being sent to "Russia" in 1944-- probably because, as noted, he was back again after a few weeks!
Paul R Posted January 1, 2006 Author Posted January 1, 2006 Rick, I agree that this book was assembled post war as his dogtag and soldbuch photo are in the scrapbook. I am still very happy with this book and cannot wait to have it translated! In what manner was he "cheerful" when he described his deployment East? I dont feel that he saw any action or patients at all. If feel that he spent all of his time at various HQ units, drawing posters or doing various other odds and ends. I would love to get a copy of his Soldbuch!I think I saw a photo of him wearing a buttonhole KVK2 ribbon. I dont think that he was in the East too long as there is no photo with him wearing the coveted Winter War medal.RegardsPaul
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