Douglas Jr.

Nice old battlehorse.

Thanks for sharing!

Douglas

He entered the Navy in April 1908, had an EK fro WWII and commanded torpedo boat. He was not in between the wars.

Paul,

Are you sure that his EK is from WWII?rom his service it doesn't seem that he had any command at sea during WWII.

And thanks for the help!

Douglas.

Hi,

I'm helping a fellow collector to obtain as much information as poissible about this Kaiserlich Marine and Kriegsmarine Officer. Pictures or signed documments are mostly welcomed, but any kind of informations is also wanted (rank lists, awards, etc.)

For now, all he has about this guy is the following:

Horst Von Pflugk Hartung was born on 17 June 1888 in Basel and his ultimate rank was Kapitän zur See obtained on 01 April 1941.

WWII Commands List;

Aug 1939-Oct 1942 - Referent in OKW/Ausland IV

Oct 1942-Aug 1944 - Leiter des Marinesonderdienst Bordeaux

Apr 1943-Aug 1944 - zugl. Chef der Kreigsmarinedienststelle Bordeaux

Aug 1944-May 1945 - Kommandeur der Marineregiment von Pflugk-Harttung

26.06.1946/30.11.1947 - Entlassen

Thanks in advance!

Douglas.

Thanks Jonathan!

Mervyn,

I knew it had to be you to give some advise!

I'm doing fine, thanks!

I've tried to locate a source in the Net to identify the markings not to avail until now.

greetings,

Douglas.

No one?

Not even a clue?

Hi,

I was asked if this cross is an original one.

In my humble opinion, it is an original item (not sure about the ribbon), late war zinc made medals, showing a very weary finish.

But, as I do not collect these anymore, would like to hear other veredicts.

Greetings,

Douglas

Hi

I'm not a sword/blades guy, so I know nothing about this stuff. I also posted this on the French Militaria forum but I didn't have any feedback. So let me try here...

A friend of mine requested some help in order to identify and date correctly tis piece.

As far as I know it it a French Infantry Briquet. However, what's the model? From what age? What doe the marks mean?

The numbers I'm assuming are serial/inventory numbers.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Douglas.

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Hi

I'm not a sword/blades guy, so I know nothing about this stuff.

However, a friend of mine requested some help in order to identify and date correctly tis piece.

As far as I know it it a French Infantry Briquet. However, what's the model? From what age? What doe the marks mean?

The numbers I'm assuming are serial/inventory numbers.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Douglas.

Folks,

Thnaks for the inputs.

As I said, I have no further pictures of this item.

Douglas

Super secret transistor radio - only issued to elite SS units via a space-time worm hole to 1965 Japan.

What about that wanna-be EKI ????

Looks like one of those that my father made to me from Coke cans when I was playing "war" in the backyard...

Douglas.

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Hi,

I would like to know what you think about this medal and, specially, the Prague Castle Bar.

Sorry, but these are the only pictures available.

Thanks in advance,

Douglas

Very nice collection. You're the prove that medal bars are addictive!

This kind of stuff is a great passion of mine, but I had to let my collection go few years back to focus on my major interest.

But it is always nice to see a collection like yours!

Thanks for sharing,

Douglas

I own a S&W M1917 (Brazilian Contract). After I bought I simply fell in love for such revolvers.

Now I'm looking for another one to use it as a shooter and even as a home defense weapon.

They are nice.

Douglas

It's a very nice collection, with some very interesting items.

I would love to have it at home!

Congratulations,

Douglas

Dan,

Thanks a lot for the information.

The picture is just amazing! Those helmets are really impressive, if you know what I mean.

Douglas

Anybody know from what branch of service German embassy guards were drawn a) in the Imperial period b) in the Weimar period c) in the Third Reich period?

Douglas

What a nice example of early pocket pistol.

Thanks for sharing.

Douglas

Hi,

Can someone provide me an image of such award/decoration (Deutsche Handwerkszeichen) ?

It was introduced by Reichspräsident Hindenburg in 1934 and was intended to be awarded to German craftsman of several areas (engravers, painters, sculptors, etc.). Or, at least, this is what I understood.

Otehr question: is thre any list of the awardees?

Please, any information is welcome.

Thanks,

Douglas