J Temple-West

he was most likely to have been a member of the Latvian Police Battalion later attached to the 2.SS Infantry Brigade. If correct, the breast cross will have been awarded when he was a member of the "Aizsargi" (National Guard) a pre-war paramilitary organization.

The link below may be of interest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_Police_Battalions

Morning, Tom.

Now that's what I call a shopping spree! I only wish we had shows like the "The Max" over here.

The "Osang" para is a bit of a strange one...The metals used are not what I would expect, but perhaps just down to being cleaned at some point.... everything else looks okay.

Managing to find the "Wiedmann" wide-pin was certainly the catch of the day...very nice.

The link will take you to a list of addresses to do with German military archives.

http://www.cimilitaria.com/Reference%20addresses.htm

For the veterans association...there are a few, but this should be a good starting place.

http://www.fschjgbund.de

What a fantastic group....

Indeed...

It's a pity that the group is missing his 'Soldbuch'.... Have you thought of contacting the Bundesarchiv for a copy of his military records? You never know, they may well come up with a lot more info.

You may also want to consider contacting the Fallschirmjäger veterans association (Bund deutscher Fallschirmjäger) who may be able to help.

Morning, Stan

what a superb group...Where on earth did you find it?

I take it that there are no documents? If not, thank goodness for the practice, by some, of personalizing their badges.

A great piece of history!

JMME (tombak).

G.H Osang (zinc).

Gebruder Wegerhoff Ludenscheid (zinc wreath/tombak eagle).

Friedrich Linden Ludenscheid (tombak).

W.Deumer Ludenscheid (tombak).

Berg & Nolte Ludenscheid (zinc wreath/tombak eagle).

C.E Juncker 3rd pattern wreath/2nd pattern eagle (tombak).

C.E Juncker 1st pattern (tombak)

F.W Assmann 3rd pattern wreath/1st pattern eagle (zinc).

F.W Assmann 3rd pattern wreath/1st pattern eagle (tombak).

Nice shots of your Para collection, Tom.

Always good to have close-ups of badges for reference purposes, and to that end....some of mine.

F.W Assmann 1st pattern wreath/eagle (tombak).

Good morning, Joe...

Very nice to see your sets...you certainly have an eye for quality. I only have one cased example, being the Juncker 3rd pattern wreath/2nd pattern eagle... I only wish I had cases for the rest.... but at today's prices!

Your "Juncker J2 in case tombac with a pilot badge wreath" has to be one of my favourites, something I've been looking for years.

Looking forward to seeing more of your collection.

A very nice early album , Jock.

Thank goodness for the outer case which has kept it in mint condition.

It should be quite easy to track down the 17th's (Regiment Braunschweig) history....

A good starting place

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanterieregimenter/IR17.htm

A quick shot of some examples of the Fallschirmjäger abzeichen by various makers.

From left to right:

Top row; F.W Assmann 1st pattern wreath/eagle (tombak). F.W Assmann 3rd pattern wreath/1st pattern eagle (tombak). F.W Assmann 3rd pattern wreath/1st pattern eagle (zinc). C.E Juncker 1st pattern (tombak)

Middle row; C.E Juncker 3rd pattern wreath/2nd pattern eagle (tombak). Berg & Nolte Ludenscheid (zinc wreath/tombak eagle). W.Deumer Ludenscheid (tombak).

Bottom row; Friedrich Linden Ludenscheid (tombak). Gebruder Wegerhoff Ludenscheid. G.H Osang (zinc). JMME (tombak).

Oops! you are right....must have confused it with another badge posted on the same day. Well spotted, and corrected.

Welcome to the forum, Jon..

Having had a look at your three posts, all I can say is that you certainly have some very nice pieces. I take it that your speciality is EK related, or is this the tip of the iceberg?

"L/58" was the LDO number assigned to the wartime maker, Souval....a name that all collectors have been extremely wary of since the end of the war due to the fact that Souval continued production of wartime badges long after the war's end, flooding the market with copies of originals. Souval in not a known maker of wartime Luftwaffe badges, so think it safe to say that this flight clasp is most likely one of the many copies produced by this maker.

A couple of examples of the "Hauptmünzamt" wound badge in my collection.

Unmarked gold, marked silver...both with wire pins

HI, Robert..

Thanks for the information.

Maker is.......

Now you need to find a case. There are two types.... the smaller one, as below, and a larger one.

I'm looking for a ribbon for my cased 2nd class so if anyone has a spare, or comes across one, let me know.