Gordon Williamson

Ships boats atop the hanger

Midships again. Rigging was a real pig of a job to do

Aft superstructure

Midships area. You can just make out, as on the real ship, the angular camouflage stripes on the hull which were overpainted, but could still just faintly be seen.

Aft superstructure. Couldn't quite get it all in focus but gives ab idea how "busy" this area is

and again. The figures are modified 1.200 "architectural" figures used to give a sense of scale to model buildings.

Same area, overhead view

Forward superstructure and bridge looking up from "sea level"

Forward main turrets "Anton" and "Bruno"

Well, she's finished , apart from a few touch up jobs on bits of paintwork and the canopy to be added to the Arado floatplane.

Here are some snaps

Note that the capstans were painted red/green for port/starboard on most German capital ships.

Even though many of us had already considered this type to be a Juncker product for some time, this has been a very useful study by Norm.

Its always nice to freshly review the circumstantial evidence which led us to attribute this type to Juncker, (and most of the evidence we have for attributing non-maker marked badges IS circumstantial) and to see it so well presented and laid out certainly reinforces my view at least, that these were indeed most likely by Juncker.

Nice original heavy machine embroidered type predomonantly used by Enlisted Sailors and NCOs. Can be found on the shirt, but mostly on the Pea Jacket.

I agree, looks very much like a casting, particularly the very coarse finish on the reverse.

So far, the type shown in this thread is the only hollow Imperial type that is universally accepted as being authentic to the period, despite the very flimsy pin fitting. A case of the modern copies having better looking fittings than the true originals.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=31245&view=&hl=steinhauer&fromsearch=1

Hi Bob,

Preferably the tunic on its own without belt, gorget and traffic wand so that the tunic itself is the main focus of the shot.

Much obliged.

Gordon

Gordon,

If you intend on including Waffen-SS in your Feldgendarmerie book, my friend has a really nice SS-Sturmann of Feldgendarmerie tunic from the Totenkopf Division. He is very active in helping authors whenever they need photographic support. He has many items published in Mike Beaver's, Bender's and Armes Militaria. Here is a photo of it from his 2007 Chantilly Show exhibit. This is an M43 tunic with the "SS-Feldgendarmerie" cuffband. It is Ravensbruck-marked.

Bob

Willi Schumacher Collection/Bob Wirtz Photo

Hi Bob,

Yes, the book will cover Waffen-SS too. In fact all branches, Heer, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS and Kriegsmarine plus related type organisations like the Feldjäger, Streifendienst etc

I would be delighted to include Willi's very rare tunic in the book. Do you think it would be possible at some time ( no hurry, still a lot of work to do on the project yet) to get photos of it against a plain white background like the attached photo of an Army Feldgendarmerie tunic, with the cuffband clearly seen ?

Best regards

Gordon

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Excellent ! Many thanks Rick !

Thanks Rick !

So, presumably his ribbon bar would be something like this - assuming a couple of Wehrmacht LS ribbons ? ( I've probably got the order wrong)

A friend of mine just bought this ensemble attributed to Kurt Marlow.

Doesn't seem to be too much information available on the Net for this guy. So far, we know the following.

Generalmajor Kurt Marlow

Born : 26 September 1892

Military Service:

1 October 1913 Einjahriger Freiwilliger Husaren Regt. 7

2 January 1915 Leutnant der Reserve

17 November 1915 Leutnant Fa. Regt 23

1 October 1934 Kommandeur III/ Art. Regt 8

1 April 1937 Oberstleutnant

1 September 1939 – 6 September 1940 Artillerie Regt 614

1 April 1940 Oberst

25 March 1941 – June 1942 Stab Heeres Feuerwerkerschule I – Berlin Lichterfelde

June 1942 – February 1945 Kommandeur Feldzeug Kommando XXI

1 October 1943 Generalmajor

February 1945 – May 1945 Kommandeur zur Aufstellung eines Divisions Stab zum Befehlshaber Erzgebirge.

The tunic has the usual loops for a ribbon bar above the pocket, with loops on the pocket for four awards (two in the centre, one above the other, and one to each side)

Does anyone have any info on the awards to which he was entitled so the uniform can be correctly "dressed" for display ?

Hi Gordon,

do you have an example of the needle pin variant?

I do not recall seeing one before.

Thanks,Martin.

You've seen them Martin, just not remembered.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20604&view=&hl=funcke&fromsearch=1

Yup, perfectly good original "textbook" example of this firm's retail product. Award examples usually have a simpler, needle pin.

Hi Bob,

No, I don't have the space to display uniforms so I've never really collected them. I would make an exception for a nice Fg tunic though if I could find one.

(I'm working on gathering material for a future book on the Feldgendarmerie - picked up plenty of collar tabs, shoulder straps, cuffbands etc but haven't seen a decent tunic yet)

Well, the final components have arrived so I am now finishing off the various sub-assemblies. Rigging takes ages, but it should be finished soon.

Here is a taster with an area that is virtually completed, the bridge/forward superstructure.

More to come.

Interior is unmarked and with the typical partial leather sweatband.

Compare also the red in the centre of the cockade with the colour of the Soutache.

Now of course the Soutache material might fade at a different rate to the material in the centre of the cockade, but the real clue is in the extreme ends of the Soutache, sewn into the cap material on the inside of the flap, where they are protected and remain unfaded. Definitely Orange and not the Hochrot of Artillery.