Bob Lyons

Hi all, Thought I would show a couple of Hakenkreuzen taken from Bf 109 aircraft, and at least the small portion of tail has survived over the years, I will start off with an example that is displayed at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, on the outskirts of Melbourne.

and 'Wutz' Galland from the Ryton Luftwaffe diary volume 1, page 119. Bob

Eric Mombeek's book Defending the Reich, Oct 1942, pilots of 12 Staffel....

JG 53 book again, also volume 2, page 225, showing a group of officers in a conference, III/JG 53...

Fascinating thread, and thanks to all for the great photos, any idea of a time period for the first appearance of them?? From Volume 2 of the JG 53 book, page 235, Fw Oechler....

I would love an intro to your circle of friends Jody!! Bob

And the front of the buckle... Bob

How about one that went across to the other side, this was a recent pick up by a local collector who picked it up from one of the battlefield relic sites that offer ground dug items from Russia, I think it is a bit out of the ordinary, and as for the cost, couldn't see some one ruining a good Luftwaffe buckle to make this up, so a good chance it is correct, a standard Luftwaffe Other Ranks buckle with the addition of a star so a Russian soldier could wear it. Reverse side first...

And the front, it is a steel buckle as well... Hope it fits the bill Cheers Bob

I posted this one over on the WAF a fair while back, and thought I would show it here as well, a Luftwaffe Other Ranks buckle by Hermann Aurich, with tan 79 cammo. The reverse first....

And I will be looking forward to seeing what your amazing skills will do with the finished product on this one Cody! Bob

It is an RAF pith helmet from between the wars I think, a friend of mine has a mint example in his collection too, will verify it with him. Bob

I know, not exactly a cloth patch, but a good Aussie recognition image, the steel red painted kangaroo on the stacks of 'Toowoomba'. Bob

And for a view of an 'Anzac' class of frigate (based on the German Meko 200 design), here is a photo of HMAS Toowoomba. Bob

One that I wore way back in 1972, for Medium Tank Trials, we did the communications for the portion of the trials that were based out of Sellheim camp near Charters Towers, North Queensland. The types of tanks involved were the Leopard 1, and the US M60, with the Leopard being accepted into the Australian Army as a result. Bob

Nice brassard Johnsy, my eldest son served with 103 Sig Squadron in East Timor, and rubs it in to me that when he came back to Australia he was flown back in a Luftwaffe aircraft. (as I have a few Luftwaffe items in the collection, I have never flown in a Lw aircraft!). Here ia a brassard that was worn by a cousin attached to the Commonwealth games last year. Bob

Thanks Johnsy. Bob

excuse the kitchen table setting of course, another shot...

Their 2cm Flak gun is good too.....

Hi guys, The price was Australian $260.00, and I added the helmets and MP 40 for the photo, only extras it comes with are the rolled up material on the top, and a page of letraset letters/figures to make up the number plates. (I used an old ESCI 1/9th scale number plate decal for the rear plate as the numbers are a bit too large for all of them to sit right, on the back number plate, and it looks a bit better I think). Bob

and apologies for putting the air organization book in again, just noticed it posted earlier! Bob

and belated congratulations Paul, a great looking tunic, now that I am a brand new member I can see your goodies again! Cheers Bob

and James Lucas' book, 'Storming Eagles'. That should do it for a while... Best wishes Bob

more on paras, 'Hitler's Sky Warriors' by Christopher Ailsby...

Ryton publishing's book on paras, has some interesting colour stuff at the back.....