Colin Davie

HJ training ship. C

Though the HMAS Sydney lost all of it's crew when she sunk she still has her survivors... the ships former petty officer Richard Radcliffe lives just 5 mins. down the road from me at Safety Beach. http://www.morningtonpeninsulaleader.com.a...5_mlv_news.html C I will edit this to add the content and picture contained in the link above as it will probably be gone after Monday coming and it's an interesting addition to the thread. Safety Beach man relives the Sydney's tragedy Heidi Bergmeier 07Apr08 The tragedy still haunts Richard Radcliffe. SOME of us had never heard of the HMAS Sydney until its sunken wreckage was discovered off the West Australian coast last month . But for the ship's former petty officer, Richard Radcliffe, who served on the World War II battleship for more than two years, it had not left his mind for the past 66 years. "I was sitting in front of the television set, then tears just came out of my eyes and I couldn't talk," the Safety Beach grandfather said about hearing the news of the vessel's discovery."It was just that when they found the Sydney, everything flashed back." Mr Radcliffe, 88, said he was among a third of the crew to be rotated to other posts just months before the HMAS Sydney was sunk by the German ship Kormoran. "I often thought it could have been me," Mr Radcliffe said of living and working with many of the men who perished with the ship in November, 1941. "When you're (at sea) for a couple of years you become a family," he said. "And when you lose them, you lose part of your family." The former Frankston Hospital chief radiographer said he could still walk every inch of the ship in his mind. But that also meant that he had a very clear picture of what could have happened aboard while it was sinking. He said despite the inquiry into the tragedy that killed all 645 men on board, he feared the full story would never be known. "People will now want to know more details," Mr Radcliffe said. "It will always be something that can't be explained fully".

How is it known the guy with the leather jacket is the one that wrote on the back? maybe the other of the 2 sent the photo back home. C

We have to bear in mind photos were expensive luxuries back then too, not throw-away items like to-day. I've had HJ passes with folded pics but no folds on the paper backing, just not that level of damage. Nice item, your collection is always one I like to view the posts. C

I find it a wee bit weird the photo is all cracked and looks multiple folded but the paper to which it's stuck is'nt.. was it stuck on the paper already in that condition all those years ago? Seems unlikley. Maybe in the hand the paper is also folded but not apparent on the photo, don't know, just an observation that would make me ask questions, but do bear in mind I'm paranoid. C edit to ask if the ink stamps continue on to the photo? I'm sure it's one of the first things you would look at anyways.

Well we've got yachts all over our beaches this morning after the near hurricane we endured yesterday down here Melbourne way, don't know if it was rough over on the west coast but I assume so. C

Some great badges, thanks for sharing, the last one can be found under "L" on page 464 of the 2nd volume 4th editions of Tieste. C

Cool, if you come to my house we'll drink beer.... at your place we'll drink champagne. If you need help with your tinnies, do please ask and it'll be a pleasure to help each other out, some advanced tinnie collectors here on this forum. Cheers again and as for the weather was cool yesterday, but hot of late down here. C

Hot in Sydney today was it Troy? Chill out dude. Have one of these... ... by the pool. A little bit of Humour is a good thing in this life for some of us. Describing this badge as "rare" IS funny, but it's the person selling it that laughable not you. Your humble apology is accepted however. (p.s. that's humour again) All the best C

Well it's not something you pick up and put in your pocket is it? What do you do? Quite a moral dilemma C

How come I never find stuff like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUwF2FRQmIU Not many Focke Wulfs made it to Australia probably explains it. C

If one was to examine every pupil of every high school of the entire planet you would still find less pimples than there are examples of this badge floating around. One of only a very few tinnies I am sick of the sight of. . When it comes to sales blurb sometimes ignorance is bliss. C

I have the 3rd Reich Rudolf K?bsch periodicals, there is still one sheet and a couple of the Imperial sheets for sale at Weitze on the first page of their tinnie sub-section, but there are only badges, no mention of ribbon bars sorry. S&L might have mentioned them in a catalogue, I don't know. C

Sprue mark

The green one is more of a Bakelite material, and I maybe should not have included it here with the others which are plastic material similar to the stuff used to make plastic models such as Tamiya etc. These plastic ones also have sprue marks where they have been removed from the sprue. The bakelite one does not. I have others made of Bakelite if you need to see the pins. Hope it helps Cheers C

Same pair

First pair of others.

S&L

Sieper 3.

Sieper #2.

Sieper.

Rather weird you post this on the 15th and the Sydney is found on the 16th. Assuming it's the Kormoran, which it sure looks like. Any chance of this weeks lotto numbers Gordon? C

Here's the front of those ones. I did'nt mention the flag series as they have their own section. Cheers again C

Now we have some others, maker names..... SCH . SCH . & Co SCHM?LLN, TH?R WALGO KIERSPE-BHFi/w RZM M9/20 BRUNO MULDE BREMEN BRUNO KLETT SCHNEY These guys probably made more that one badge, so I'm hoping to see some more from them between us. Cheers C

Next, with 2 badges Steinhauer & L?ck RZM M9/50