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A school book showing that Winston was given a flogging on May 25th...
The pistol that Churchill bought and carried during his early military career...
A poem that Churchill wrote as a 16 year old in 1890...
The coat worn by Churchill at the Sidney Street Siege in 1911 (while Home Secretary)...
Letter to Churchill from the Czech Minister in London (Jan Masaryk) to despair at Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler...
Churchill's favourite unifrom...
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Yesterday I paid a visit to the Churchill War Rooms. While I have been to the main Imperial War Museum in London (and went again yesterday and was very disappointed with it post-refurbishment, but that is for another day), IWM Duxford & IWM North numerous times this was the first time I had visited the IWM Churchill War Rooms.and was very impressed with it.
Within the underground complex is a separate museum set up to celebrate Churchill's life and it is that exhibition the photos are from. It is a reasonably sized exhibit with plenty of items linked to the man from a lock of his hair as a child all the way up to the Jack that was used to drape his coffin during the funeral march.
The War Rooms are quite pricey to enter (£17.50 for an adult) but in my eyes it was worth it.
Chuchill's watch...
One of his cigars...
One of Churchill's uniforms...
Guest book for the War Rooms with the first two signatures being those of King George VI & Elizabeth...
Guest book for the Prime Minister's residence, Chequers...
Map used by Churchill at The Potsdam Conference...
Nobel Prize For Literature...
Jack used to drape his coffin...
His childhood toys...
Lock of hair...
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Apologies for the delay in getting back to this thread. Thanks for the replies. It is interesting to see the actual medals themselves. Considering the award for 40 years service it does help to add just a little bit more to the citation set as all the set consists of is his citations and no Wehrpass/Soldbuch so it is now possible to know what his pre-military service trade was. He was awarded the FJ Badge in October 1942 but was also awarded the Ost Medal so was already serving in late 1941/early 1942.
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Nice image. I wonder if the Wound Badge is one earned during his service with the Legion Condor?
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General der Flieger Kurt Pflugbeil
Born: 09 May 1890
Died: 31 May 1955
Kommandeur Luftgaustab z.b.V. 8Kommandeur Luftgaustab z.b.V. 16Kommandierender General Luftgau Belgien-NordfrankreichKommandierender General IV. FliegerkorpsOberbefehlshaber die Luftflotte 1Kdr Luftwaffen-Kommando KurlandRK - 05 Oct 1941 / EL - 27 Aug 1944Image: Citation
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Many thanks for that Uwe.
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This unknown Generalleutnant's signature belongs to Kommandeur d. Luftflotten-Trupp Luftflotten-Kommando 1. Can anyone identify who it belongs to please?
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Thank you very much.
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Just thought that I would share this award document that was awarded in 1983 to a former WW-2 paratrooper who served in 3 FJD.
I don't collect DDR paperwork (this came with his WW-2 citations) so have no idea about the criteria for such an award but am assuming it is a merit type award for years served in a certain industry, in this case the energy industry.
Just to complete the picture so to speak, can anyone tell me who the signature belongs to please?
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Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf
Born: 16 May 1897
Died: 30 Dec 1972
Staffelkapitän der Fliegeraufklärungsgruppe Münster und Kommandant des Fliegerhorstes Münster-Loddenheide
RLM
1. Generalstabsoffizier (Ia) zum m Stab des Generals der Luftwaffe bei der Heeresgruppe A
RLM
Chef des Generalstabes der Luftflotte 4
Chef des Stabes vom Luftgau-Kommando VIIIChef des Stabes im Luftgau-Kommando KiewGeneralstabschef vom Luftgau-Kommando KharkovFührung der Luftwaffendivision MeindlKommandeur der Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 21Führer-Reserve OKLKommandeur der 3. Fallschirmjäger-DivisionBundeswehr - Generalmajor zum Befehlshaber vom Wehrbereich IIIRK - 06 Oct 1944DKiG - 26 Aug 1944
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Kapitänleutnant Martin Rasemann.
Born: 18 Feb 1886
Died: 18 Nov 1945 as PoW
Highest rank reached: Korvettenkapitän
Kompanie-Chef Ausb.Abt Amsterdam
Chef 9. Landungsflottille
Image: Soldbuch
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Kapitänleutnant Hans Bartels.
Born: 05 Jul 1910
Died: 31 Jul 1945
Highest rank reached: Korvettenkapitän
Komdt M1Chef Küstensicherungsverb. norw. WestküsteIO Zerstörer Z24Komdt Torpedoboot T34Chef K.d.K-Lehrkommando 250RK - 16 May 1940Image: Soldbuch
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Does anyone have a listing for IR 436 (132 ID) please and can help identify this signature of the II Btl commander. Dated December 1943 with a rank of Major...
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If it was an officer then I wouldn't be surprised if he was arsing around. I certainly know from experience that Naval officers aren't beyond that within the confines of the Ward room!
That is a very nice shot of the GD barracks. I think I have seen something similar so wouldn't be surprised if it was one of those photos that a soldier could buy from the unit canteen.
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It certainly is a baffling image. Even for a post-war jet the wings don't look right, even the delta wing MiG-21 has straight lines along the back of the wings. Maybe some sort of toy rocket photographed and labelled as a V2 as a joke?
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Nice selection. Any chance of a close up of the 'V2' and GD one please?
I don't think that is a V2 (certainly not a V1) as the tail fins look a completely different shape. No idea what it could be though.
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No idea who it is I'm afraid but it isn't the first Captain of Prinz Eugen, Helmuth Brinkmann. If the officer was a KdS in 1938 then it is a good chance that he would of been promoted to Admiral at some point providing he survived to make it which might help to narrow it down.
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Hello I have two signatures that I want to find out the owners. First one is on a very handsome EKII Doc from a grouping to Bernhard Kniep (EKII, Hanseatic Cross, Hindy and a Turkish War Medal owner). Thanks to Kevin for referring this thread to me!
Just an additional link - this was posted yesterday, also from that division...
http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/63054-brigade-ersatz-bataillon-34-in-search-of-data/
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Oberst Hermann Unger
Born: 13 Jul 1891
Died: 07 Jun 1961Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant
Kdr Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 13
Flughafenbereichs-Kdt. 3/VIII
Gen.d.Lw. in the Kuban-Brückenkopf
Kdt. Koflug 3/VIII
Gen.d. Luftflottentruppen 1
Gen.z.b.V. with Luftgau-Kdo.XXV
SA-Führungsstab
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General der Gebirgsjäger Hubert Lanz.
Born: 22 May 1896
Died: 15 Aug 1982
Chefs des Generalstabes Wehrkreiskommando VGeneralstabschef XVIII ArmeekorpsKdr 1 Gebirgs-DivisionFührerreserve des OKHFührung der "Armeeabteilung Lanz"Führung des XXXIX. GebirgskorpsKdr XXII GebirgskorpsRK - 01 Oct 1940 / EL - 23 Dec 1942Image: Citation
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Glad it is still mostly together, do you know if the missing bits are lost or in another collection?
Jock
I'm afraid that I have no idea but I wouldn't be surprised if his Ehrenpokal citation is sitting in a collection somewhere along with the Wehrpass & Flugbucher.
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And here are Leymann's citations - unfortunately the citation for the Ehrenpokal is missing from the group.Bomber Clasp in Bronze - Dated 24th Jul 1942 - Signed by Joachim Coeler (RK)EK II - Dated 27th Jul 1942 - Signed by Joachim Coeler (RK)Bomber Clasp in Silver - Dated - 4th Sept 1942 - Signed by Jobst Heinrich von Heydebreck (DKiG)EK I - Dated 7th Sept 1942 - Signed by Robert Ritter von Greim (RK, EL & Schw)Ehrenpokal - Dated 10th Nov 1942.Bomber Clasp in Gold - Dated 16th Nov 1942 - Signed by Hellmuth von Raven (DKiG & EP)German Cross in Gold - Dated 20th Mar 1944 - Signed by Bruno Loerzer (RK) - (Too large for my scanner hence the photo).Bomber Clasp in Gold with '200' Pendant - Dated 16th Oct 1944 - Signed by Volprecht Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (RK & EL) (KIA flying a Me-262 in February 1945).
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I have posted pieces of this grouping in the various Citation & LW Schein Databases but here it is in it's entirety.
The set consists of the Soldbuch, Flugzeugführerschein and citations to Feldwebel Wilhelm Leymann who won the DKiG & Ehrenpokal with KG-54 'Totenkopf' and may also of been a pilot of the Me-262 jet.
After joining the Luftwaffe in 1939 Leymann underwent the lengthy training process to become a pilot of bomber aircraft, a process that took 2 years. In February 1942 he joined 10./KG-54 of IV Ergänzungsgruppe, the training Gruppe of the bomber wing and remained with them until May of that year. The Gruppe was based in Southern Italy at that time and as well as the training crews were also participating in convoy escort sorties which even saw them attack a submarine on 10th March in the Gulf of Tarento.On 25th May 1942 Leymann joined 5./KG-54 with which he remained until January 1944 and so saw plenty of action in Central Russia, UK, North Africa and Italy. In just 6 months of service with 5./KG-54 Wilhelm Leymann had already won the EK II, EK I, the Bomber Clasp in Bronze, Silver & Gold and the Ehrenpokal by 16th November 1942 - a good indicator of the pace of operations.Leymann left 5./KG-54 on the 21st January 1944 for IV Ergänzungsgruppe again but on 20th March 1944 he won the DKiG, which was issued for something he did during his service with 5./KG-54. In January 1944 he was also promoted to Feldwebel for an act of distinction. Unfortunately what that act was is unknown to me, as is the act that won him the DKiG.He remained with the training Gruppe until August 1944 when it was reduced to just one staffel with some of the Gruppe being reassigned to the Fallschirmjäger while others (including Leymann) being sent to 9./KG-54 to train on the Me-262 jet fighter.On the 16th October 1944 Leymann was awarded the Bomber Clasp in Gold with '200' Pendant.In Me-262 Combat Diary & Radtke's book on KG-54 there are numerous known Me-262 pilots mentioned and listed but Leymann's name is not among them. However, in the Soldbuch there are a few entries that hint at Leymann being a possible 'unknown' or 'unconfirmed' pilot of the jet aircraft. On page 6 there are four sets of equipment issues dated for late in 1944 and two in 1945, while between Pages 8 & 9 there has been an extra note attached showing the issue of a summer & winter flying headgear. And finally on Page 14 there is an entry dated for 1st May 1945 from the Staffelkapitän of 4./KG(J)-54, Werner Brandau (Ehrenpokal).Among the signatures in the Soldbuch are those of Horst Bressel (DKiG) and Wilhelm Hannak-Hammerl (Ehrenpokal).
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I'm afraid that when it comes to signed photos I am at a loss - especially post-war ones. When it comes to citations and Soldbucher etc there is the extra information that helps to determine the signature's originality (units, dates, stamps etc and even pen type) but when it comes down to a signed photo all that is missing so, unless there is an iron clad provenance it is impossible to be 100% certain a signature on a photo is real or fake, especially when it is post war when signatures tended to change greatly with age.
In my files I have two examples of his signature, one wartime and one post war and yhis one bears more likeness for his wartime one than it does for his post-war example.
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The Churchill War Rooms
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I visited this place for the first time yesterday and was very impressed with it. Situated in the heart of Westminster it is easy to find and while there is a queue to get in the wait isn't too bad - yesterday I waited no more than 15 minutes to get in. After paying the entrance fee and before proceeding through the complex at your own pace you can take an audio device that provides a narrative as you walk round by keying in various numbers as they are posted on the wall as you go round.
The rooms that are open have been set up very well and you can't help but feel the history of the place all around you and it is easy to imagine the hive of activity the place must of been.
For anyone visiting London I would definitely recommend it.
The Cabinet Conference Room...
Sentry outside the room entrance...
Churchill's office...
The Telephone Room (where Churchill would talk with Roosevelt)...
Orders & Baton of Field Marshal John Dill...
Room of Churchill's ADC (View 1)...
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PM's Dining Room...
Clementine Churchill's Room...
Chiefs Of Staff Conference Room...