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Just for info "Landgraf Johann KpLt.ing. U-117+ KIA 07.08.1943 Born 10.03.1907" maybe his older brother?

Yes sounds about right........"kunstenflieger 806" Flew armed reconnaissance flights over Kattegat, Skagerrak and Britain's East Coast. On Feb 22 1940 one of seven aircraft from 2./806 on patrol was engaged by a Blenheim of 254 Squadron and damaged. The first major loss is listed on March 20 1940 when M7+EL (WNr 5164) was shot down attacking fishing vessels by return AA fire. Two crew were wounded and the rest picked up by a Dutch vessel and repatriated to Germany the next day. The next loss was engine related. On April 3 1940 M7+CH (WNr 5094) suffered an engine fire and ditched. Crew were interned by Danish authorities being released Apr 9th after the invasion of Denmark. After some more technical incidents the unit began to retrain on the Ju 88 and ended its unhappy association with the Heinkel.(taken from Küstenflieger:The Operational History of the German Naval Air Service 1935-1944 by Adam Thompson)

Chris agree.........as to his Kreigsmarine awards, that is one area I cannot find out....

Yes all original

Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Landgraf; Born 27.08.1915, Winner of EKII and then EKI, Spange in Bronze? Bomber crew with 6./KG26 Died 12.10.1942 on U-597,12 Oct. 1942 when attacked with depth-charges by Liberator H/120 (S/L. T. Builoch, DFC) in position 5650N/2805W and sunk with all hands. If anyone has a photo or further details would welcome them, cheers, Paul

Yes all unrelated bits

I would say what fuses or types of charges are left,, keeping tally would be for the No 1 on the gun,

Best I can do.........

few more

Nice who is the artist?

Here are some of mine and a recent ebay purchase (tunic)........

This is my favourite......

lol

Well.....checked the books nothing there....Robin..thoughts???

Chris....... Flammpanzer I a field variant of the German Panzer I used briefly during the war in North Africa Panzer II Flamm, a variant of the German Panzer II Ausf D/E. Flammpanzer 38, a variant of the Jagdpanzer 38(t) tank destroyer. Panzerkampfwagen B2 (F), a variant produced by the Germans based on captured French Char B1 tank chassis. Flammpanzer III Ausf M/Panzer III (F1), a variant of the German Panzer III Ausf M. Sdkfz 251/16 Flammpanzerwagen, a variant based on the Sdkfz 251 series of half-tracks. StuG III (FLAMM), a variant based on a variety of pre-Ausf F StuG III assault gun chassis.

So wading through some passes and came across this...... EK2 entered, no other notes in the pass, who entered it.....so into the archives and this letter was in it........least it confirms he did not get it and more likely he entered it in the pass......naughty boy, trying to impress the young ones!!

Nice one.....

Look forward to it, cheers, Paul

Thanks, the photo does not do it justice...here is another favourite of mine......cannot remember the artist.......

Here are a couple that I do not know the artist (or researched)

The second is by Eduard Thöny (9 February 1866 - 26 July 1950) was a German caricaturist and illustrator known for his work for the journal Simplicissimus, to which he was invited to contribute by Albert Langen. Born in Brixen, he studied at the arts academy in Munich. His work for Simplicissimus included more than 2,500 pages of cartoons lampooning German society and the military.[2] Thöny’s drawings would appear in the journal until it ceased publication in 1944.[1]

Imperial German military art work does not generally rate a mention within the collecting world, the price is one factor and understanding what is "good" art and who the artists are is another.....here are a few of my bits which I hope will garner some thoughts.....also love to see others; The first is a very large picture by Artur Kampf "Garde de Korps" After 1933, celebrated by virtue of his themes concerning German history and stylistic continuity, only sporadically interrupted by elements of art nouveau (graphic art) and Impressionism (Schulreiterin, 1907), he was, besides the Eagle Shield of the German Empire, vouchsafed in the so-called "List of Immortals; (1939). This guaranteed him immunity from interference in artistic work during the Second World War.

The helmets.......

Pictures and artwork first.......

Very nice......