Bob Lyons

The markings on the base, maker is Johann Haviland of Bavaria, a 1937 date, and the Fl. U.V. markings. (Flieger Unterkunft Verwaltung or Flight Barracks Administration).

Picked these two cups up recently, thought I would show them here, first cup is plain, with a very nice early LW eagle on the base of the cup....

And another shot of one of the straps... Bob

The reverse of one of the straps....

Shoulder strap

I have a pair of black piped shoulder straps with 'LS' cyphers, for personnel from the School for Air Traffic Control . (Reichsschule fur Luftaufsicht). This is the LS cypher....

And here is another swastika from a Bf 109, this one is from North Africa...

Last view of it.... Bob

Trigger in the 'down or armed' position....

Arming controls....

Detail on the manufacturer's plate....

How about a control column from a Bf 109...

The back of it....

I will have a dig around and try and fins some photos of the tail wheel I had, but as you like Bf 109 aircraft, this might be of some interest, the bit that sits above the tail wheel, Hakenkreuz from a Bf 109...

Spec patch for a qualified teleprinter operator. Bob

NCO collar tab

'OL' cyphers (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe)

My guess as to what type of ribbons he could have once wore...

Early breast eagle in heavy cotton weave....

Luftwaffe Signals senior NCO, attached to the Luftwaffe High Command, and he probably had seen service in Spain, as there are loops on the tunic for probably a Spanish Cross, which I will add to the tunic down the track a bit, and I also apologise for the quality of some of these shots, I will do some better photos soon too. Bob

Great stuff Snoopy, I guess I can't let the morse key of yours sit here all alone, here is his brother....

Another fliegerbluse, this one has a standard eagle, and a sewn on para qual badge, a portrait shot I kinda like.... Bob

Another couple of photos I have in the collection, and are still on file on my computer as well, so I might as well add them here for comments, here is the first one, I love the breast eagle on this fliegerbluse, and I initially thought it was bullion, but John Hodgin (US) said that it may simply be a nice early heavy cotton weave eagle too, whichever type it is, it sure makes the jacket spring to life, not bad for a humble Gefreiter, collar tabs look dark too, maybe Flak perhaps....

Yeah, a handsome devil! I love his fliegerbluse though!! Bob

Hi Paul I thought it was going to be mine, but when I discovered that it was a stripped tunic with the nice bits added postwar it went back to the seller. (in the UK). Bob