François SAEZ

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pics of the goblet

The best is still to come, at least form me

Official in terms of regulation, the answer is no. Now in term of comun use: yes, especially with flying units (not only) From what I have seen, you can find them for: - Remembrance of service: not proper to LW, to mark a period of passing in one unit at a certain time - you start to see that in WW1 (or before) and I believe it was still the case after (maybe even now) - To celebrate an air victory or a # of flights - here for "100" & "200" * some have unit emblems, some only names, some only dates, some only eagles, some description, some dedication, ................ some mix of several things just mentioned - si no specifical rules, nor for the size and composition (some silver, some not)

In the basket, you will find cigars, wine ... and a doc for the 400th war mission

Reco clasp in gold with pendant "300" came also with 2 small goblets to celebrate "air missions"

Bordfunker badge - Juncker

Not a night fighter RK, but one group I like a lot This is a rare example where badges can speak more than if they where coming with docs We speek of Rolf Lampmann from 3.(F)/AG 122, bordfunker Honor Goblet on 15.06.42 DKiG as FW on 16.3.43 Feldpost # L 33014

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some daggers

Were they use postwar (or even now) to determine the nomenclatura of LW flying equipment? Were they used in WWI and in between the two wars or is it something typical from WW2? Is there, somewhere a list of all Fl #?

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Cased Spanish Crosses

William, We are not owners of the items we collect, even better, in most of the case we don't deserve the medals we collect - in the best case, we are keeper of them and try to enjoy as it is a commun hobby. Things turn and what has highlited your collection yesterday is going to highlight someone else collection tomorrow etc,etc ..... c'est normal

With few people words are not necessary as we are almost the same (well, except that mine is 28 cm ) and to be recognized by a friend means a lot to me. Frenchie (TMC)

30567 (Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) 3. Batterie Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 263, (30.7.1941-28.2.1942) 3. Batterie schwere Eisenbahn-Flak-Abteilung 263, (8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 6.9.1943 3. Batterie schwere Flak-Abteilung 263 (Eisenbahn).

Heinrich Wohlers was born on 16 March 1912 at Altkloster in the Stade region of Neidersachsen. Trained as a reconnaisance pilot, Oberleutnant Wohlers was serving with 2.(F)/Aufkl?rungsgruppe 11 early in the war. He later converted to night fighters and was posted to II./NJG 1 on 23 August 1940. On 26 October 1940, Wohlers was transferred to 8./NJG 1. He claimed his first victory on the night of 12/13 March 1941, when he shot down a RAF Hampden twin-engined bomber near Nordhorn. Wohlers was appointed Staffelkapit?n of 8./NJG 4 on 30 April 1942. Hauptmann Wohlers had two victories to his credit at this time. On 1 January 1943, Wohlers was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./NJG 4. By the end of 1942, he had increased his victory total to seven, including three RAF bombers shot down on the night of 21/22 December to record his fifth through seventh victories. Wohlers was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of IV./NJG 6 on 13 January 1943. By the end of May, he had nine victories to his credit. In June and July, Wohlers was detached to 3./NJG 1. During his period with the unit he recorded seven victories, including his 10th victory, a RAF Lancaster four-engine bomber shot down near Broich on the night of 16/17 June, two RAF four-engine bombers shot down over Holland on the night of 22/23 June (12-13) and a further two RAF four-engine bombers shot down on the night of 29 June (15-16). On 1 August 1943, IV./NJG 4 was redesignated I./NJG 6. Wohlers retained command of the newly redesignated unit. By the end of 1943, Wohlers had increased his victory total to 28, including three RAF four-engine bombers shot down on the night of 10/11 August (18-20) and a further three on the night of 27/28 August (22-24). On 11 November, Wohlers was promoted to the rank of Major. Wohlers was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 31 December for 28 victories. Major Wohlers was appointed Kommodore of NJG 6 on 2 February 1944. On 15 March 1944, Wohlers undertook a transfer flight from Schleissheim to Echterdingen. His Bf 110 G-4 (W.Nr. 5353) suffered an engine failure and crashed attempting a landing in dense fog at Echterdingen. Wohlers and his crewman, Oberfeldwebel Karl Kleilein were killed. A passenger, a staff officer from 7. Jagddivision, Major M?nsterer, along to observe on the flight, was also killed. Heinrich Wohlers was credited with 29 victories. All his victories were recorded at night. Acknowledgements to Frederic H?noff No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location / Comments 1 13.3.1941 0:10 Hampden 8./NJG 1 5km NE Nordhorn 2 10.7.1941 1:31 Wellington 8./NJG 1 4km S Meppen 3 17.11.1942 21:05 Halifax II./NJG 4 2km NE Consigny / Halifax II (W7863) ?NP-V? of 158 Sqn flown by S/Ldr P de GH Seymour 4 22.11.1942 22:55 Wellington II./NJG 4 10km S Brienne 5 21.12.1942 19:41 Viermot II./NJG 4 5km S Void-Vacon 6 21.12.1942 22:56 Stirling II./NJG 4 Minecourt 7 21.12.1942 23:13 Wellington II./NJG 4 2.5km W Matignicourt 8 15.4.1943 0:23 Halifax IV./NJG 4 Niederl?stat 9 17.4.1943 1:15 Halifax IV./NJG 4 W Kastenbach 10 17.6.1943 1:20 Lancaster IV./NJG 4 1.5km S Broich 11 22.6.1943 2:12 Halifax IV./NJG 4 2km E Kampen 12 23.6.1943 1:35 Stirling IV./NJG 4 2km S Apeldoorn 13 23.6.1943 2:12 Halifax IV./NJG 4 Kaalherin 14 25.6.1943 1:07 Halifax IV./NJG 4 1km N Welldorf 15 29.6.1943 2:17 Lancaster IV./NJG 4 S Volkel 16 29.6.1943 2:40 Stirling IV./NJG 4 1.5km E Moulfort 17 14.7.1943 1:48 Stirling IV./NJG 4 2km NE Rothem 18 10.8.1943 - Halifax I./NJG 6 Spe?bach 19 11.8.1943 0:37 Halifax I./NJG 6 Bad Kreuznach 20 11.8.1943 - Stirling I./NJG 6 Schaffhausen 21 11.8.1943 - Halifax I./NJG 6 Asbach 22 28.8.1943 1:33 Halifax I./NJG 6 J?ngholzhausen 23 28.8.1943 1:46 Stirling I./NJG 6 Oppenheim durch 24 28.8.1943 2:53 Viermot I./NJG 6 2.5km SE Alzey 25 6.9.1943 0:16 Stirling I./NJG 6 NE Pirmasens 26 6.9.1943 0:29 Stirling I./NJG 6 J?gersburg 27 7.9.1943 0:29 Halifax I./NJG 6 SW M?nchen 28 26.11.1943 20:12 Halifax I./NJG 6 Maria Buchen 29 25.2.1944 22:45 Lancaster Stab/NJG 6 30km W Augsburg Victories : 29 Awards : Ehrenpokal (9 August 1943) Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (31 August 1943) Ritterkreuz (31 December 1943) Units : NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 Gruppe I GRUPPENKOMMANDEUR Maj Heinrich Wohlers 01/08/43 09/02/44 Maj Heinz Reschke 19/02/44 24/04/44 Hptm Karl Hadeball 26/04/44 03/07/44 Maj Gerhard Friedrich 12/07/44 16/03/45 Hptm Peter Spoden 19/03/45 08/05/45 GERMANY Luftwaffe Night Fighter Aces NAME VICTORIES UNITS Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang 121 NJG 1,4 Lent, Helmut 102 NJG 1,2,3 Sayn-Wittgenstein, Heinrich Prince zu 83 (84) NJG 2,3,5 Streib, Werner 65 NJG 1 Meurer, Manfred 65 NJG 1,5 Sch?nert, Rudolf 64 NJG 1,2,5,100 R?kker, Heinz 64 NJG 2 Radusch, G?nther 64 NJG 1,2,3,5 Zorner, Paul 59 NJG 2,3,5,100 Rath, Gerhard 58 NJG 2,3 Becker, Martin 58 NJG 3,4,6 Herget, Wilhelm 57 NJG 3,4 Welter, Kurt 56 JG 300, NJG 11 Str?ning, Heinz 56 NJG 2,1 Kraft, Josef 56 NJG 1,4,5,6 Franczi, Gustav 56 NJG 100 Frank, Hans-Dieter 55 NJG 1 Vinke, Heinz 54 NJG 1 Geiger, August 53 NJG 1 Lippe-Weissenfeld, Egmond Prince zu 51 NJG 2,1,5 Hoffman, Werner 51 NJG 3,5 L?tje, Herbert 50 NJG 1,6 Greiner, Hermann 50 NJG 1 Kollak, Reinhard 49 NJG 3 Hager, Johannes 48 NJG 1 Borchers, Walter 48 NJG 3,5 Dr?nkler, Ernst Georg 47 NJG 1,5 Drewes, Martin 47 NJG 1 Semrau, Paul 46 NJG 2 Augenstein, Hans-Heinz 46 NJG 1 Lechner, Alois 45 NJG 2,5,100 Frank, Rudolph 45 NJG 3 Knacke, reinhold 44 NJG 1 Gildner, Paul 44 NJG 1 Becker, Ludwig 44 NJG 1 Fellerer, Leopold 41 NJG 1,5,6 Baake, Werner 41 NJG 1 Schmidt, Dietrich 40 (39) NJG 1 Meister, Ludwig 39 NJG 1,4 Bonin, Eckhard-Wilhelm von 39 NJG 1 Bahr, G?nther 37 NJG 1,4,6 Bergmann, Helmut 36 NJG 4 Beier, Wilhelm 36 NJG 1,2 Ehle, Walter 35 NJG 1 Bertram, G?nther 35 NJG 100 Modrow, Ernst-Wilhelm 34 (33) NJG 1 Johnen, Wilhelm 34 NJG 1,5,6 Hissbach, Heinz-Horst 34 NJG 2 Scherflink, Karl-Heinz 33 (31) NJG 1 Hadeball, Karl 33 NJG 1,4,6,10 Husemann, Werner 32 NJG 1,3 Rauh, Hubert 31 NJG 1,4 Jabs, Hans Joachim 31 NJG 1 M?ller, Friedrich-Karl "Nase" 30 JG 300, NJG 10,11 Leickhardt, Hans 30 NJG 1,5 Friedrich, Gerhard 30 NJG 4,6 Ferger, Heinz 30 NJG 2,3 Wohlers, Heinrich 29 NJG 1,4,6 Szameitat, Paul 29 NJG 3 Klemenz, Otto Karl 29 MJG 1,5 Altendorf, Rudolf 29 NJG 3,4,5 Wischnewski, Hermann 28 JG 300 Sigmund, Rudolf 28 NJG 1,3 Lau, Fritz 28 NJG 1 Krause, Hans 28 NJG 3,4,101 Jung, Erich 28 NJG 2 Grimm, Heinz 27 NJG 1 P?tzkuhl, Josef 26 NJG 5,100 Maisch 26 NJG 100 Schulte, Helmuth 25 NJG 5,6 Linke, Lothar 25 NJG 1 K?ster, Alfons 25 (26) NJG 1,2,3 Brinkhaus, Franz 25 NJG 2,3 Briegleb, Walter 25 NJG 2,3 Stohecker, Karl 24 NJG 100 Spoden, Peter 24 NJG 5,6 Schr?der, Eduard 24 NJG 3 Scheer, Klaus 24 NJG 100 Dahms, Helmut 24 NJG 100 Thimming, Wolfgang 23 (24) NJG 1,2,4 Schaus, Jakob 23 NJG 4 Reitmeyer, Ernst 23 NJG 5 Peters, Erhard 23 NJG 3,4 Patuschka, Horst 23 NJG 2 Koch, Herbert 23 NJG 3 Kamp, Hans-Karl 23 NJG 4, JG 300 Bussmann, Rolf 23 NJG 1,2,3 Barte, Walter 23 NJG 1,3 Autenrieth, Hans 23 NJG 1,4 Leube, Hermann 22 NJG 3 Erhardt, Peter 22 NJG 5 Eckard Reinhold 22 NJG 1,3 Wolf, Robert 21 NJG 5 Kociok, Josef 21 NJG 200 Hopf, Werner 21 NJG 5 F?rster, Josef 21 NJG 2,3 Altner, Herbert 21 NJG 5 Wirtz, Ludwig 20 NJG 1,2 S?the, Fritz 20 NJG 4 Schneider, Gottfried 20 NJG 2 Meissner, Hans 20 NJG 3 Kaiser, Adolf 20 NJG 1,100 Gref, Hans 20 NJG 100 Engel, Wilhelm 20 NJG 1,4,6 Brinkmann 20 NJG 3 Berschwinger, Hans 20 NJG 1 Sommer, Hermann 19 NJG 2,102 Schellwat, Fritz 19 NJG 1 Ney, Berthold 19 NJG 2,3 Holler, Kurt 19 NJG 2,3,4 Rapp, Werner 18 NJG 1,5 Nabrich, Josef 18 NJG 1 Fries, Otto 18 NJG 1 D?ding, Rudi 18 NJG 100 Breves, Adolf 18 NJG 1 Schneeweis, Wolfgang 17 NJG 101 Schmidt, Ludwig 17 NJG 6 Raum, Hans 17 NJG 3 Woltersdorf, Helmuth 16 NJG 1 S?vert, Heinz 16 NJG 5,6 Rupp, Bruno 16 NJG 3 Morlock, Willi 16 NJG 1 Fengler, Georg 16 NJG 1,4 Simon, Erich 15 (17) NJG 3 Sch?ren, Ernst 15 (20) Rolland, Heinz 15 NJG 1 M?ller, Hans 15 (20) NJG 3 Matzak, Kurt 15 NJG 1 Kraft, Georg 15 NJG 1 Konter, Helmut 15 NJG 100 Keller, Otto 15 NJG 5 Gerstmayr, Lorenz 15 NJG 3 Fladrich, Kurt 15 NJG 4 Adelh?tte, Hans 15 NJG3 Werth, Johann 14 NJG 2 Wagner, Gerhard 14 NJG 5 Tham, Gustav 14 NJG 5,10 Telge, Wilhelm 14 NJG 1 Simross, Herbert 14 NJG 100 Oloff, Heinz 14 NJG 1 K?berich, G?nther 14 NJG 3 Griese, Heinrich 14 NJG 1,4,6 Dormann Wilhelm 14 JG 300 Breukel, Wendelin 14 NJG 2 Bretschneider, Klaus 14 JG 300 Schmied, Hans 13 NJG 3,100 Mangelsdorf, Rudolf 13 NJG 2,3 D?ring, Arnold 13 NJG 2,3 Szardenings, Rudolf 12 NJG 3 Sch?fer, Hans 12 NJG 2,3 Schulz, Albert 12 NJG 2,3 Reuter, Heinz 12 NJG 2,3 Perle, Helmut 12 NJG 2 Ney, Siegfried 12 NJG1 Heilig, Bruno 12 NJG 2 Hahn, Hans 12 NJG 2 Haberland, Karl 12 JG 2 Fischer, August 12 NJG 1,5,100 Fenske, Walter 12 NJG 1,2 Engling, Egon 12 NJG 2,3 B?r, Hans 12 NJG 3,5 Bunje, Helmut 12 NJG 6 Walter, Albert 11 NJG 4,6 Potthast, Fritz 11 NJG 1 Niebelschutz, Wolfgang von 11 NJG 2,4,5 Milius, Walter 11 NJG 1,3 Jank, Wolfgang 11 NJG 5,100 Hartl, Anton 11 JG 302 H?lshoff, Karl 11 NJG 2 Henseler, Wilhelm 11 NJG 1 Heiner, Engelbert 11 NJSch. Lft 4 Buchholz, Fritz von 11 NJG 1 Zechlin, Ernst 10 NJG 2,5 Weinmann, Emil 10 NJG 6 Wandam, Siegfried 10 NJG 1,5 Tonn, Wolfgang 10 NJG 2 Ter Steegen, Herbert 10 (12) NJG 5 Speidel, Werner 10 NJG 3 Rohlfing, Walter 10 NJG 3 Reschke, Heinz 10 NJG 6 Rathke, Waldemar 10 NJG 100 Pfeiffer, Karl 10 NJG 1 Oberheide, Peter 10 NJG 3 Misch, Heinz 10 NJG 2,3 Mangold, Egon 10 NJG 100,200 L?ddecke, Robert 10 (12) NJG 2 Leuchs, Rolf 10 NJG 6 Krahforst, Josef 10 NJG 4 Klaiber 10 NJG 5,100 Kaross, Eberhard 10 NJG 100 Jarsch, Lothar 10 NJG 2 Holtfreter, G?nther 10 NJG 3 Havenstein, Klaus 10 NJG 3 Hausschild, Hans 10 NJG 100 Glitz, Willi 10 NJG 3 Gienanth, Hans-Eugen, von 10 NJG 1 Fries, Heinz de 10 NJG 100 Finster, Lenz 10 NJG 1 Fensch, Frithjof 10 NJG 4 Eickmeier, Bruno 10 NJG 1 B?nsch, Herbert 10 NJG 2 Buschmann, Franz 10 NJG 1,3 Burggraf, Wilhelm 10 JG 301 Bonow, Kurt 10 NJG 5,100 Beyer, Konrad 10 ? Benning, Anton 10 JG 301 V?lker, Heinz 9 NJG 2 Tischtau, Manfred 9 NJG 5 Teige, Waldemar 9 NJSch.Lft 1 Sch?n, Walter 9 NJG 1 Sch?fer, Ernst 9 JG 300,302 Schratter, Robert 9 NJG 5 Schmale, Willi 9 NJG 1,3 Meien, Ulrich von 9 NJG 100,200,5 Kutzner, Otto 9 NJG 2,3 Herzog, Gerhard 9 NJG 1 Herrmann, Hajo 9 JG 300 Hermann, Kurt 9 NJG 2 Heldt, Alfred 9 NJG 3 Hirschfeld, Ernst-Erich 9 (24) JG 300 Engel, Walter 9 NJG 5 Elstermann, Willi 9 NJG 3 Denzel, Robert 9 NJG 1 Birkenstock, Hans-J?rg 9 NJG 1,4,6 Wulff, Ulrich 8 NJG 5 Wethner, Hans 8 NJG 2,3 Tober, Friedrich 8 NJG 3,4 Stock, Hermann 8 NJG 3 Seuss, Wilhelm 8 NJG 4,5 Rasper, Hans 8 NJG 1,101 Niklas, Helmut 8 NJG 1,3 Migge, G?nther 8 JG 300 Laufs, Peter 8 NJG 2 Kuthe, Wolfgang 8 NJG 1 F?rster, Paul 8 (10) NJG 1 Franz, G?nther 8 NJG 1,3,6 Ebhardt, Rolf 8 NJG 1 Brunner, Josef 8 NJG 1,6 Behrens, Robert 8 (12) NJG 100 Villforth 7 NJG 2 Thun, Rudolf 7 NJG 5,6 Prues, Walter 7 NJG 1 Karsten, Kurt 7 NJG 4,6 Gramlich, Benno 7 NJG 3,10 Graef, Fritz 7 NJG 4 Dimter, Willi 7 NJG 1 Delakowitz, Richard 7 NJG 4 Bokemeyer, Rolf 7 NJG 1,5 Bietmann, Ludwig 7 NJG 1 Bellinghausen, Theodor 7 NJG 100 Kruse, Fritz 6 NJG 1 Hubatsch, Herbert 6 (9) NJG 1,5,6 Brockerhoff, Wilhelm 6 NJG 3 Raneu 5 NJG 100 H?lker, Walter 5 NJG 5 Rossiwall, Theodor 2 NJG 1,4 Also had his side cap and some small parts (extra boards, cup, victory plate .........)

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All from the same officer

Spanish campain = probably Spanish Cross Very nice eagle typical on early tunics

Bob, Can you, please, post a close up on markings Any wartime photo of one in use? Best Fran?ois

A wedge shaped edged weapon of the 3rd Reich, is the broad, bolo shaped survival machete used by the Luftwaffe. The breakthrough towards positive identification occurred, when an unknown photograph was found in a 1942 issue of ?Die Woche? (Berlin, issue 6, 11 February 1942) that not only shows the machete, but also its intended use. A copy of the photograph from ?Der Woche? is included in this volume. The magazine describes the machete as a ?survival axe the can be found on board of the He 111 bombers that serve on the eastern front?. The machete formed part of a larger survival kit that was used on board of planes. Although the machete was normally not worn at the hip, the survival kit included a holster in green canvas. The only known maker of this sidearm is the large Solingen manufacturer of edged weapons from, Alexander Koppel (Alcoso).

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Shoulder boards and collar tabs

Attached is a detail of the witch personal marking on the tail of Heinkel He 111B-1,25-9 "Pedro 9" of 1./K88