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I thought I?d share with you an interesting item I recently acquired. It came from the household of Prinz Heinrich, and resembles an imperial admiral?s interim baton in every respect (including the case), safe for the gold embossements. The pics showing the Prinz Heinrich interim baton come from the H?sken book. I have received some recent info on the embossments that I intend to investigate further, which may help clarify what we?re looking at. Regards, Sandro
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Hi Bill, Can you post close ups of the liner, please? I may be misinterpreting the pics, but it looks to me like the jacket is lined with a very light and lightweigth material, perhaps parachute silk or something similar. Do you or the owner have any info concerning labels, stamps, zipper makermmarks, maker marks on press studs etc? And does either of you have any pics showing areas that may have been unexposed to the elements, like the inside of a pocket? Thanks and regards, Sandro
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Pics # 8 and 9, showing details of the jacket?s construction. All of the pics I have posted appear to show (1) white backed eagles; (2) solid waistbands and (3) the presence of a mappocket on the left upper breast. An exception to (2) appears to be the jacket of Werner M?lders shown in Francois second post: but also in that pic, the zipper (if it runs to the bottom of the jacket) seems to lack the cotton reinforcements present on the jacket shown in Bill?s pics. I?ll be interested in hearing your thoughts. Regards, Sandro
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Francois alerted me to this excellent thread. Studying the pics of the GW Bill Bourque posted, I noted some differences in construction between that jacket, and the ones shown in photographs my mentor in this field kindly shared with me. Firstly, all of these pics seem to confirm Jos?assesment that the eagle on original GW?s comes with a hite backing. Secondly, it strikes me that whilst the jacket shown in hte pics posted by Bill has the usual cotton reinforced front zipper and woolen waistband also found on the blue summer LW jacket, the white jackets in the pics I will show seem to have a solid woolen waistband, and therefore seem to be of the pullover type. Hope this is of some use, Regards, Sandro
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Luftwaffe What do we have here?
GdC26 replied to François SAEZ's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
I thought you?d promised to take me waltzing ..... You did it again, my friend, two beautiful birds for X-mas, Sandro -
Luftwaffe Look what you missed!
GdC26 replied to Stogieman's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
You could consider writing to the Traditionsgemeinschafft for Fschpzkorps HG, to see whether they can help identifying the item, and can help explain the enigmatic "70" (which possibly refers to the date of a reunion). According to a recent site, their address is: "Hermann G?ring": "Traditionsverband Fallschirmpanzerkorps" Reinhold Gerlach, Zum Seifengraben 18, 35582 Wetzlar, Tel.: 0641 - 21868. Cheers, Sandro -
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GdC26 replied to Stogieman's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
I?m inclined to think this is a postwar item, which may refer to wartime or even postwar service. The tank depicted looks much more like a US medium tank of the M48/M 60 series than like the Pzkfw III depicted on WWII Panzer Assault Badge. See comparison pics attached. Regards, Sandro -
Luftwaffe Look what you missed!
GdC26 replied to Stogieman's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Gents, This is what Weitze makes of it: 1660 Zivilnadel einer LW-Sturmgesch?tzeinheit ovales Ansteckabzeichen, an langer Nadel. Zustand 2+, selten. ? 60,00 Regards, Sandro