Paul R

WOW!! That gives me hope in finding that Fj helmet for 20 dollars at a yard sale!!

I would love to know the branch color of the portrait of the officer with the LW Ground Combat badge!!

Can you please share some images of the insides of the LW caps?

Wessel, Can you please show some more angles of this tunic? I want to see more. Is it named? Are there any labels on the inside? Paul

This is a great medical photo. Thanks for posting it!

Unfortunately, I have nothing constructive to add. I am just amazed at the history on this single thread! The cased set is amazing. Just think of the hands that have held it over the past century and a half!

Thanks Larry, I understand what you are saying. The Gendarmerie branch color was more of a burnt orange(if I am remembering correctly). The shoulder board is a very viberant orange. It does not match any of the Gendarmerie boards I have seen.

Here is my Austrian beauty!!! I have more to share, but I am stuck on base for overnight duty, so they will have to wait until get off tomorrow afternoon.

Is the owner talking about selling you the medal bar? I hope to see it reunified with the ribbon bar, here!

That is a great ensemble, Wessel. Often the rarest and most brilliant items are not the most desired or expensive(thankfully)! Lets see that visor!

Thanks Rick! There could not have been that many LW Gendarmerie Obersts! I know that this waffenfarbe was incorporated into the LW in Jun43. Yep, the metallic pips and wreath were used up until 1938, on the first pattern Air Traffic Control Officials tabs. This is the only set of these I have seen. They boards would have had the red nebenfarbe with the light green base color. I have never seen any of those boards, either. I bet that these tabs and boards would look really sharp on a LW blau tunic! Thanks Nesredep You are right Larry... I definitely need to move on that tab, now that things have quieted down a bit!!

Thanks Ulsterman!! I got these from a forum member! They were not cheap and I had to sell some things to get them. Wait until you see what is coming!! It is not considered grandiose by most, but it should blow some socks off of some LW collectors!

Here is a Luftwaffe Field Police Shoulder board for an Oberst. This person would have been with either the LW Field Division or Hermann Goring Division, after the Jun43, when the waffenfarbe was adopted by the LW Field Police.

Here is a nice single board, originally from George Peterson via Garth Thompson, to it's new care taker. The board is for a LW Field Police Oberst. I bet there were not more than a couple of these people around, between the HG and FD units. As stated, the Orange waffenfarbe was announced in 1943 for Field Police.

Here is a single to compliment Dave's Signals MusikMeister. This is for a Flight Obermusikmeister, 1935-8.

A single Judicial Sonderfuhrer, High Career Grade. This is the only Judicial Sonderfuhrer I have ever seen.

Just arrived today!! A single Judicial Sonderfuhrer, High Career Grade. This is the only Judicial Sonderfuhrer I have ever seen.

Just in, a set for a Meister, pre 28Dec1936(first pattern), with the metallic pins.

Larry! Our Oberfeuerwehrmann straps are identical, right down to button hole and strange pip color!! Maybe they were originally a pair?

These items just came in today. The tabs are for the rank of a Feuerwehrman. The basic shoulder boards are for: 1. Feuerwehrman 2. Obereuerwehrman 3. Loschmeister The strange carmine and silver braid boards, I have no idea what they are for. It is assumed that they are associated with the Luftwaffe because of the gulls and Firefighting because of the Carmine color.

I have one more set on hold, and waiting to pay it all off. It is equally amazing! I will post the individual photos into the relevant reference threads. Thanks for looking!! Paul

Back!

This next photo contains: upper row from the left: LW Field Police Oberst board Pre 1938 Band Leader Official, NCO, to a flight unit! lower row, from the left: Judicial Sonderfuhrer(Wartime Official), High Grade Career A set of Obermeister tabs with the Air Traffic Control, pre 02Nov1940 configuration.

I want to share with you all some insignia that just arrived today. I would be floored to find a tunic badged with any of this insignia!! This first photo is of the entire ranking table of Civilian LW Fire Service shoulder boards. The strange ones with the carmine and silver cords, I have not a clue as to what they could be.

Thus closes another chapter in History...