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Hi,

I was with my girl at the normandy coast in France two years before.

This helmet was a gift of a friend of mine.

Its a single decal M40.

The helmet has a rare large size. Q68 !

Shell was camouflaged in green-brown-tan, but unfortunately most of the camo is gone.

The single decal is nearly damaged, but you can recognize a small rest. A wild guess would be Heer eagle.

The leather is a little bit hard and used, but still intact. The pigskin sturmiemen is marked, but indistinct.

Liner and band sits tight in the shell. The leather is made from pigskin imo.

Liner band is made of zinc and seems to me never removed.

Split pins are rusted to the helmet shell.

Some of you may have seen this already but I thought I could post here.

First pic shows the helmet best imo, ?as it is?.

Any opinions greatly appreciated !

Thanks in advance !

All the best;

Flyingdutchman

Hi Ronny,

always nice to see an untouched Luger or Pistole 08. This one seems to have the original blue, that?s especially fine when you have the weapon with matching numbers. So don?t reblue parts !

The #655 means, that the acceptance inspection has been made directly in the Mauser factory in Oberndorf and in ?41.

Any history behind this puppy ?

Nice find !

Regards;

Flyingdutch

Thanks for the info ! I paid gbp 3 for each, so it will be ok.

All the best;

Flyingdutchman

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Gentlemen,

I found this patch on a fleamarket.

Is it an original one ? It?s seems to me sewn by hand. Very thick and heavy quality.

Is this an item from ww2 ?

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance !

Regards;

Flyingdutchman

What is the history of this insignia? Was it worn ON the island, or after the evacuation?

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Gentlemen,

the 90. Panzergrenadierdivison arrived on Sardinia in June ?43 under the command of the XIV Armeekorps.

Commander of the 90. at this time was LtGen. Carl-Hans Lungershausen, the army commander of Sardinia and Corsica in ?43.

This unit was evacuated to Corsica in September ?43.

Units of the 90. Panzergrenadierdivision in that time (I?m not sure !):

-Panzergrenadier Regiment 155, 200 and 361

(361 was in my opinion a unit with former members of the Legion Etrangere - a probation unit !).

-Panzerabteilung 190,

-Artillerieregiment 190,

-Sturmgeschuetzabteilung 242 and

-Panzerjaegerkompanie 1.190.

BTW: Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926 - 2002) was a soldier of this unit from ?44 on !

Interesting link to this unit:

http://axishistory.com/index.php?id=1337

I just can imagine that the shields were worn on Sardinia, but unfortunately I don?t have a proof for that. I don?t believe it was a shield dedicated to hard combats. There were non imo.

It would be great to see a picture from a soldier wearing this kind of shield during June and September ?43 on the isle.

Thanks all for help !

Regards;

Flyingdutchman

Thanks for patience !

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Gentlemen,

this is a ?Sardinienschild? - a shield for the field cap. It was worn by the members of the 90. Pz.gren.division.

I found it with the original paper for the soldbuch. Unfortunately the stamp is a little bit indistinct.

Is it rare ? Does it have any higher value ?

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance !

Regards;

Flyingdutchman

No owner's name engraved on it?    That would have dated an entire career!

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You can?t have everything...

Thanks for patience !

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Gentlemen,

this is my latest purchase.

I?ve never seen this kind of blade engraving on a german naval cadet dagger before.

It shows the sailing ship motiv with fouled anchors. It?s not etched - it?s engraved.

The blade is in fairly good condition. Unfortunately some darkening and and light flaking near crossguard and tip.

This dagger has a nice scabbard with floral designs and is dent free.

Ivory grip with some age lines, but still nice.

Carl Kaiser daggers are scarce as the company stopped production before World War I.

I like the scabbard pattern with the floral design. It?s a kind of Art Nouveau style.

Additionally I was surprised about the workmanship of the hand engraved blade.

It?s an nice dagger, uncleaned and unplayed with, unfortunately there are some imperfections on the blade. But I like it.

Anybody with further infos about this maker ?

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

Regards;

Flyingdutchman

Canadian commando during training.

Thanks for patience !

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