Hinrik

Hello Emma,

As I understand it, the Merchant Navy sailors were not treated with the respect they deserve.

If I ship was blown from right under them, that same day they were put on "unpaid leave" as

they were not "sailing" anymore. Not sure, but think they did not qualify for medals like the Atlantic

star. I do have a nice Merchant Navy lapel in my collection. I guess you can use google for more

information.

Regards

Hinrik

Here is one of my Purple Hearts, issued to a hard charging Marine for actions / wounds in Iwo Jima:

Non regulation (private) engraved back:

Darrell,

Very nice MOH and interesting reading. Thanks for posting.

Reg

Hinrik

TO MODERATORS:

PLEASE REMOVE THE ABOVE INDIA ADVRETISEMENT! I DO NOT WANT TO BE ACCOCIATED WITH THIS PERSON!

HE HAS A BAD REPUTATION. JUST GOOGLE HIS NAME AND YOU WILL SEE FOR YOUSELF.

Regards

Hinrik

Dear Will,

Thank you for sharing this outstanding collection. I really admire they way you display your items,

something I now plan to improve in my collection. I also collect items related to my county, WWI or

WWII, but they are hard to find.

This is how many museums have started.

Reg

Hinrik Steinsson

Reykjavik

Iceland

Dear al

I just got a box like this. It came out of a Heinkel He-111 that crashed here in 1941. Can

anyone tell my the names of the items (flashlight model / type) etc so that I can look for

it and buy. My box is empty, but I would like to get all the missing parts.

Reg

Hinrik

Joe,

I checked my book library, I found the HE-111 photo you were talking about, and I

agree, cant really see how many blades. I have a copy of an original torpedo manual

but that has no photos of this, just a few schematics. Somewhere in my stach of too

many boxes I have old German KM magazines with lots of photos, will have to check there

I have also been trying to look at old videos at youtube.com and liveleak.com to see

but its either 2 or 4 blade or you cant really tell for sure because of the fin arrengement

around the props.

I was in a nice museum in Brussels last week. They had a G7 Torpedo there, but sadly this one

was missing it rear end. Also makes me wonder if 6 blades was interchangeble with 4 blades?

Does any member here have a 2 or 4 blade versions to compare with?

Reg

Hinrik

Jesse,

Merry xmas to you too

Come to think of it, even though you dont see any wolfs in the forest, we know they are there...

So even if we dont see the 6 blade prop in use in the WWII photos available, does that absolutely

garantee that they did not use it? If they were using the 6 blades in 1962 (cant see any detail in

this photo by the way) then that version should be better no? Then for an example...what did the

WWII Germans use on the advanced XXI-XXIII Electroboats? Makes you wonder...

Reg

Hinrik

I have seen wartime photos showing the loading of the torpedos into the Uboats that are not the

2 bladed twin blades but this 6 bladed version. Look at this video from the U995:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFwcXb_C0E&feature=related

That seams to have the 6 blades. I found a wartime video showing Uboat in action that showes this

too, which to me is proof that this was also used during the war. I need to find it and post it

here.

Reg

Dear all,

This propeller came from me. Its the only one I ever saw for sale. If you know of another one for

sale somewhere, then please post a link to it here.

I got it from a Norweigian man

that is a member onthis site, if I remember correctly. He works with a local museum and sent me

lots of photos of complete torpedos that the museum owned. I was suposed to get some special torpedo

tools with the prop, but that never materialized. I will look in my original torpedo manuals to see

if I can find more info on this. Here are photos of the torpedo tools.

Hello Hinrik,

I was searching for information about Mark J Mourne and hit on this posting.

Maj. Mourne was my Great Uncle, my Mothers uncle.

I am interested in seeing what documents you have that contain his signature, as well as any other information about his plane or mission.

We knew that he had crashed in the islands during the war but he never shared much about the whole experience.

He made it back to the states and lived in California until he died in ~1970 or 71.

I only remember meeting him once so any additional info I can find on him and his service would be appreciated.

Cole

Dear Cole,

Nice to hear from you. Back in 1994, I started tracking down pilots of the 33rd Fighter Squadron. I was able to contact

about 15 of them, including some of your uncle´s friends. One of them is still alive, close to 90 years old. You might

also be excited to hear that I have a wartime photo of your uncle, taken in Iceland, with 3 other pilots, all wearing

the rare B7 white winter parkas.

I have a website in the making. Please contact me through that: www.ww2.is

Picture shows a 33rd F.S. P40 being dug out of the snow in Iceland harsh winter.

Regards

Hinrik

I beleive that the Iceland base Command patch is suposed to represent: the island, in the ocean, with the volcano....

Reg

Hinrik

Ola,

I can help you with info and photos for ?orsteinn J?nsson. I have some of his personal belongings

in my collection.

Tchau

Hinrik

Ps. Meu namorada moro em SP.

I was lucky enough to find a very good condition original WWII muffler (silencer) The baffles inside the old once are more complicated then

in the new repro / aftermarket mufflers, so a bike fitted with a new muffler will not sound the same as it originally did. Mine will have the

correct "WWII sound" haha.

Lorenzo, sure I can do that.

Here is are some more photos of the bike:

Dear Chris,

Sure, feel free to use my photos for referance. Here is a link with more photos:

http://www.jsl210.com/spjall/viewtopic.php?t=1362

I used a lot of NOS and rare parts in this restoration. I just managed to find the most rare part of them all,

or the early brass military contract dataplate, that was originally riveted to the rear tail mudguard piece. My bike

was made in a batch of 6000 bikes under contract "C9310" so that is the number I should have.

Just finding a real dataplate is hard, let alone your correct number, but I got lucky:

This is where it will be mounted:

Hope you like this little update. I hope the bike will be running this summer. I managed to get a personal licence

plate for it:

BSA

M20

Regards

Hinrik

Ken,

Not sure what it means, but I have a British .30 cal Browning WWII Aircraft machine gun with the serial number prefix "BY"

Regards

Hinrik

Ricardo,

Muito legal! Parabens.

I saw many nice medals in an Aircraft museum outside Rio. A friend a meet here, Otto, took me there.

I only have one Brasilian medal, a gift from Otto.

Eu viagem no Natal amanha....ferias no praia, e barrato cerveija..rs

Cheers

Hinrik

Chris,

Regarding your question on allied medals, the anwer is no. He even had to force the British Admiral to issue a letter of statement, that he had in fact been working for the British in the war effort. I have a copy of this letter.

Basically when the war ended, Ib says his British handlers kicked him out and slammed the door. His pay from the British 1942-1945 was so low, that he says he could not afford to buy another uniform jacket, and wore the modified German Merchant Navy jacket out.

His cover when landing was that of a German Merchant Navy man. Ironically, his hat and jacket had German insignia, but the insignia was "stolen" by the British, he says, and that jacket and hat converted to look like British naval issue.

He says that the Americans always treated him better then the British and that was why he moved to the USA after the war. You can clearly read between the lines in his book, that he is not too happy about the way the British Intelligence treated him in the war.

Regards

Hinrik

Albert,

I called the 91 year old man with a few more questions to answer yours, and mine regarding this:

1) Did you ever receive any award documents with the awards?

IB: No, but they might of have gotten lost on the way.

2) Is it possible they got lost in Dennmark in your parents house?

IB: Yes, that is possible.

3) Did you go to Dennmark after the war?

IB: Yes, in 1945

4) Did you receive any radio message from the Abwher that the crosses where being awarded to you?

IB: Yes, they told me in a radio message, an award was to be given to me.

5) Do you remember what years the crosses where awarded?

IB: Yes, I got the first medal in 1943, and the second in 1944.

6) Did you get a radio message each time to notify of the award?

IB: Yes

7) Do you think the Iron cross first class might of been awarded in relation to the destruction of Convoy PQ-17?

IB: Yes, I think so, but I think they said it was awarded for general service in the radio message.

There you guys have it.

Ib says in his book, that he thinks the position of convoy PQ-17 was deliberatly given to the Germans, to make him, agent "Cobweb" more beleiveble in the eyes of the Germans. This he says, lead to a further fake message, to intice the warship Scharnhorst from a fjord in Norway and sink her by ships, that where not suposed to be there.

Regards

Hinrik

Guys...

As I said, I am still not sure if he did or did not get the award document with the crosses. It is quite possible that it got lost, as I think Ib did not return to Dennmark after the war, but moved to the USA.

I have letters from him stating that he was awarded these crosses, he has also told me so personally over the phone. He is mentioned in a few books, including a spy book called Double cross...something...(I own it, but dont have it handy) His autobiograhpy came out in 1992 and is mostly about his life in the war, and it is very interesting, but unfortunatelly in Icelandic, so that is why you never heard of it.

Why would the old man be lying to me about the crosses? He gave them to me, so he is not making a profit on "selling me a story" which seams to common in the US. If he says they were sent to his parents house in the war, along with his pay...why should I ...or you for that matter, doubt that?

Hinrik

Chris,

Ib Riis, is half Icelandic, half Danish. He was living in dennmark with his parents when the war broke out. His pay from the abwehr was sent to his parents house from 1942 until end of war.

He says in a letter to me, that the pay kept his parents alive through out the war. The Iron crosses were sent to his parents house, seperatly, during his 3 year "service" 1942-1945. He says that an award document was not included, but I am trying to see if that is the case or not.

Could it be that a document would not be made out because of his status as a spy? His code name was:

"Cobwebb"

The EKI has a beautiful dull silver patina on the back and is "L11" numberd.

Regards

Hinrik

Award doucment

Wow, nice claps Micheal!

Here is E-boat and later U-boat admin officers EKII with blue Navy box. Anyone know if or how scarce it it? I got it with the award document, and original list of awards won.

Regards

Hinrik

Interesting photos.

Looks like 3 different type of colors in picture 4.

Regards

Hinrik