Flyingdutchman

Hi Grant,

here we go.

Differences:

Makersmark isn?t stamped, its edged

Scabbard rings are pressed in the making of the shell, not a separate ring.

Thin wire in grip.

Grip in white plastic, not colloid over wood.

Eyelet with ring to hanger: Note it has a single "rope-style" in the design.

Pommel with the anchor

NOTE: Etched trademarks is used on period navaldagger also. H?rster and Weyersberg, but they made the model 57 also, and they are harder to spot.

Happy new year !

Best;

Dutch

thanks for your patience...

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Some goods to trade...

What shouted Fritz at christmas 1914 ? ?You not shoot - we not shoot, englishman. Merry Christmas !`. Imagine. If Fritz and his new friends had said: We don?t want anymore...

Best;

Flyingdutchman

Is there a name on the pencil holder card?

Tony

Hi Tony,

hard to say...

Best;

Jerry

Thanks for looking !

bullet pencil

her wishes ...

HRH Princess Mary...

complete

Gentlemen,

some news to add. I found a another nice box. This is the one with the new years greetings. Unfortunately no sweets....

Hope you like it.

I wish you, fellow members, a merry christmas and a happy new year.

Best;

Flyingdutchman

Gentlemen,

thanks again for your kind words.

There is a well known authority for german military watches. Konrad Knirim. He is a nice and helpful guy. This is his site:

http://www.knirim.homepage.t-online.de/

This is an interesting dealers link about Hamilton military watches:

http://www.antiquevintagewatches.com/military-watches.html

A very special site about the legendary IWC Mark X:

http://www.sfu.ca/~mmh/MarkX.htm

All the best;

Flyingdutchman

inside. The picture is highlighted to show the details. Thanks !

Gentlemen,

thanks a lot for your nice comments !

I must say that this is the only one I could ever find in this mint condition. Especially with the box it?s nearly impossible to find.

It?s important to say, that these watches are made of the finest quality. After 60yrs this watch keeps time perfectly in every situation.

Additionally I post here another rare watch from my collection.

It?s a hard to find WWII Tutima made in Glashutte, Saxony.

The chronograph watch is an essential component of any fighter pilot?s equipment.

Tutimas are the german Luftwaffe wrist band watches issued only to pilots, so they are pretty rare.

This watch was made in Glashuette in ?42.

It has the UROFA (Uhrenrohwerkefabrik) 59 movement. Case and movement are showing the same number.

I become enthusiastic each time I see a Tutima chronograph with its construction of the movement (Breguet coil).

There are early pieces with gold-plated movements; later, these were silvered and shock resistant.

The watch is in excellent condition and works perfectly.

The photo is from the previous owner. It was a comrade of one of my relatives.

Hope you like it.

All the best;

Flyingdutchman

Hi all.

As already said I passed on this helmet.

I did a little research because I was very curious about these kind of Vulkanfieber helmets.

I found out that the fire department of the former east German ?Democratic?Republic (GDR - DDR) used this kind of helmets in the 50?s...

It seems to me that surviving examples got new feldgrau painting and decals...

I add a pic from a friend of mine from one of this gdr helmets.

All the best;

Flyingdutchman

At last the former prison of the KGB in Potsdam.

It?s a former neat villa transformed and ruined by the soviets to a KGB prison. In as found condition.

Just approx. 300 yards away from the nice castle in its beautiful park. In use until ?89...

Regards;

Flyingdutchman

Churchills....

Sorry for the indistinct pic ! Private photo shooting isn?t allowed there...

Truman?s ....

stalins desk ...

main entrance. The red flower star was planted by the soviets in ?45. A warm welcome to their allies...

Looks more like Potsdam.

100% on target !

Thanks !

I visited the Cecilienhof castle in Potsdam. It is the last castle built by the Hohenzollern during the great war in the style of an english country mansion.

Crown prince Wilhelm and his wife Cecilie lived here until spring 1945. It's a picturesque little castle around an inner yard with fountain and garden and nowadays hosts both a museum and a nice hotel with a fine restaurant.

The castle was the place of the Potsdam conference where the allieds decided what to do with Germany after WW II - the pictures of Churchill, Stalin and Truman sitting on the bench in the yard of the castle went around the world.

Castle Cecilienhof is located by a small lake in a beautiful and tranquil landscape without much traffic or noise.

For additional infos about the conference see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Conference

Here are some more pics. Thanks again !

Best regards;

Flyingdutchman

and now...

one more...

yalta?

... unfortunately not. Sorry.

today....