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Some of my miniatures

Next up is my Preußen Kriegerverein Auszeichnung 'Für Treue Mitgliedschaft' für 25 Jahre (Prussian Veterans Association Decoration For Loyal Membership of 25 years)

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Der Adler - 10.April 1941

Marburg a.d. Drau, T46 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_an_der_Drau

Lügumkloster, T43 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCgumkloster

Dornier Do X Flugschiff. a fantastic plane - http://en.wikipedia....ki/Dornier_Do_X

Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine 1939

Leutschau, T42 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leutschau

Kulmsee, T41 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulmsee

Kulm, T40 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che%C5%82mno

And the rear. Of interest, Both Otto Mansfield & Co, and Pittler, (founded in 1889 in Leipzig), are still in business today

Next up is my copy of Die Wehrmacht - 10.Mai 1939, check that cannon out.

Hi Larry, I'm going great mate! I haven't seen one of those, I'll have to have a look for one. Can't have you having a newspaper that I don't have This is the back page of the previously posted Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung - 8.April 1917. Who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour? Here is a whole page of it.

Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung - 8.April 1917

Karlsbad, T38 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlovy_Vary

Kaaden, T37 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaden

Indeed I do, I am just working through my VDA collection according to the Tieste book. Next up is Jägerndorf, T36 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4gerndorf

Sorry Paul, I should have put this in the first post, my blunder. Perhaps you or another moderator could place this post at the start of the thread? Another aspect of daily life in the Third Reich was charity collections. The WHW (Winterhilfswerk/winter charity work), was the largest, covering the Third Reich with both a national and regional collections.The VDA (Volksbund für das Deutschem im Ausland/Peoples Association for Germanness overseas) also had their own charity collections. The VDA was originally a means for Germans living abroad to keep in touch with culture back home. It started off as the DSV (Deutsche Schulverein/German School Association) on the 13.5.1880, operating out of Wien (Vienna), but by 1925 had become the VDA, operating out of Berlin. The VDA's donation badges usually centred on aspects of German culture and history, This particular collection was called Städtewappen auslandsdeutscher Städte (Town coats of arms of German expatriate towns), and were distributed between 1934-1939. They measure 30mm x 15mm, and there were 54 made of metal, 3 made of cardboard and only one town had a badge made of both metal and cardboard. The T number after each piece is the Tieste number. For those who aren't familiar with that, Reinhard Tieste is the acknowledged world authority on the WHW and all the other varied charity organisations, as well as tinnies. He has classified over 20,000 items, and each one has a Tieste number. They are invaluable reference works for anyone interested in these aspects of the Third Reich. Here is the VDA book, it's title being Donation badges of the VDA. Compared to collecting badges and medals, WHW etc donation badges are a relatively inexpensive aspect of Third Reich collecting, and because of the HUGE number of different pieces, it is very unlikely that anyone will ever get the whole set of every different release of donation material. Thus you have literally a never ending hobby I have left a wiki link to the town where one exists. It is surprising how far-flung German settlements were in history, and the wiki articles give a good brief history of the German connection to the town.

Ok! Where would you like them sent to?

Hadersleben, T33 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadersleben

Güns, T32 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%91szeg