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Kriegsmarine KM HSF
Martin W replied to Jan Arne S's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Typical flat wire stock on the HK award Norm. Although,as i mentioned at GCA there are slight variations in the thickness and width of the flatwire stock that can be seen on these HK awards. Regards,Martin. -
Kriegsmarine KM HSF
Martin W replied to Jan Arne S's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Thanks for posting the close up images Jan Arne. It is a very similar hinge block as seen here on one of my S&L attributed Hilfskreuzer badges. As i mentioned above the hinge on the HK is "laid down",whereas the hinge on your HSF badge is mounted "upright". Regards,Martin. -
Kriegsmarine KM HSF
Martin W replied to Jan Arne S's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Norm, this is why i asked for a close up of the hinge. On my HK award the hinge is "laid down" on this badge that Jan Arne has posted i think this may be the same type of hinge but mounted in an "upright" position. It is definately not the same type of hinge that is on the HK that i just posted at GCA. Regards,Martin. -
Kriegsmarine KM HSF
Martin W replied to Jan Arne S's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Hi Jan Arne, i agree with Norm,a probable S&L Piece. Can you provide close up shots of the hinge and catch? Regards,Martin. -
Thanks for the replies gents. Dan, the wound badge is not cut out.I have posted a detail image below. Norm, i had fun printing these old glass neg's.I had not been in the darkroom for some months,so it was fun to get in there and "splash around in chemicals" for a while. I think i mentioned to you that i was in the photo buisness for over 35 years.I got out when everything went digital. I guess i was "old school". Large format B&W photography was my love and guys like Adams and Weston were my mentors. Hardy, i really like that photo with the BB badge in wear.Too bad you still do not have it. Regards,Martin.
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Hi Joe, here is the photo of Dr Ulrich Mohr,the man responsible for the compilation of the Atlantis book. As you know he was the Ship's Adjutant on the Atlantis. You told me that signed photo's of Mohr are very rare and that he was a very reluctant to sign anything after the war. This reluctance can be seen in his accompanying letter that came with the signed photo. Regards,Martin.
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Hi Gordon, well,i do not think i am cornering the market but i am on the way to acheive my goal of obtaining at least one document from the nine ships. So far i have doc's from the Kormoran,Stier,Orion,Michel and Thor. None of these HK documents are easy to obtain,but i am a patient person and i hope that eventually i can get the doc's from the Atlantis,Komet,Pinguin and Widder. I think that the Kormoran document is probably one of the hardest to obtain as all of her 320 survivors were interned as POW's in Australia. Documents from the Pinguin and the 2nd Michel cruise will also be tough to get,i think,as most of the awards were posthumus? Joe, As always i will look forward to you input. Regards.Martin.
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This one just arrived Erik.It is for a crewman on the MICHEL's 1st cruise. The MICHEL docked at Kobe,Japan on March 2nd 1943. From what i understand her Commander,Hellmuth von Ruckteschell fell ill and was hospitalized in Tokyo? Most of the 1st MICHEL award documents i have seen are signed by a F.Kapt Dr Karl Bohme of the Heimatstab Ausland on behalf of Ruckteschell. This one is signed on March 26 1943. Regards,Martin.
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I think if i ever got down to writing a book it would be on Hilfskreuzer awards. Perhaps not my place to say,but i think Joe already has an idea for another HK book,and it is not the THOR. Anyway here are a couple of more photo's from Japan. The writing on the reverse of this image says,"Internierungslagen der Kriegsmarine,Ashinoyu-Japan"
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Now that we no longer have a KM photo forum i was not sure where to post these images,so i thought i would post them here. These are pic's i have just obtained that show the crewmen of the Hilfskreuzer Thor in Japan. This first photo was taken outside of the Hakone Hotel on the shore of Lake Ashi,where i beleive they were billeted. Regards,Martin.
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Thanks Norm. Now you know why i have been selling off other items from my KM collection.It is so that i can obtain pieces/groups like this. Oddly enough,i have more items from the Hilfskreizer's THOR and STIER than i do from the ATLANTIS. I hope to be picking up an album and documents from the KOMET this weekend. With the ATLANTIS book came this other book for the "Crew Grossdeutschland 1938". Kuhn was an instructor on this vessel. Cheers,Martin.